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U.N. atomic watchdog chief 'astonished by the complacency'

After the latest round of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine, Europe's biggest nuclear power plant is running on emergency diesel generators to prevent a major radiation catastrophe.

A building damaged in the latest Russian missile attack on 10 regions of Ukraine
A building damaged in the latest Russian missile attack on 10 regions of Ukraine (AN/President of Ukraine)

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency expressed frustration that his organization isn't doing more to protect Europe's biggest nuclear power plant.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told his agency's Board of Governors on Thursday that he fears it's only a matter of time before disaster strikes Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant – which temporarily lost all power earlier that morning.

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