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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Moscow as fears for Ukraine's nuclear plants spike

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The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said Tuesday he will visit Moscow in the coming days to speak with officials about Russia's persistent attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure which threaten nuclear safety.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi also said there were “a few occasions where we had close calls” with regard to Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia which is under Russian occupation. Grossi did not condemn either side for attacks on the plant saying because it lay so close to the front line it was hard to determine responsibility.

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