UN nuclear chief visits Russia-controlled nuclear power plant after Kakhovka dam breach

Speaking a week after the devastating breach in the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in the Ukraine, the head of the UN atomic energy agency Rafael Grossi said enough water remained available to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, though it was unlikely to return to full power. The plant uses a cooling pond to keep its six reactors from potentially disastrous overheating. The Kakhovka reservoir was normally used to refill the pond but cannot do so now because of its falling water level following the breach, according to officials UN nuclear chief says situation at Zaporizhzhia plant is ‘serious’ but it can operate safely for ‘some time’