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John Revill & Danya Bazaraa

'Very real risk of nuclear disaster' warning amid dangerous shelling of Ukraine plant

Shelling at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine 'underlines the very real risk of nuclear disaster,' the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says.

The head of the IAEA raised grave concerns on Saturday about the shelling the previous day at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

"I'm extremely concerned by the shelling yesterday at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which underlines the very real risk of a nuclear disaster that could threaten public health and the environment in Ukraine and beyond," Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a statement.

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