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Russian evacuation around Ukraine plant alarms U.N. nuclear watchdog

IAEA experts at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant were closely monitoring the situation after learning the town of Enerhodar was being evacuated.

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant during a tour by the IAEA chief and his senior staff in late March (AN/Fredrik Dahl/)

Europe's biggest power plant faces "very real" risks of catastrophe as Russia evacuates nearby settlements ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian offensive, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned.

IAEA experts at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant were closely monitoring the situation after learning the town of Enerhodar was being evacuated, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Saturday.

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