"MOSCOW - A disastrous breach in Ukraine's huge Kakhovka dam has further stoked alarm over the safety of the nearby Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has for months been a target of shelling due to its proximity to military front lines.
The head of the United Nations' atomic watchdog, Rafael Grossi, will visit the area this week to check "a significant discrepancy" in water level data at the reservoir, used to fill a pond for cooling the reactors at the nuclear plant.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has long warned of the risks of a disaster at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear plant, and urged an end to fighting in the area. The plant is just 500 km (300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chornobyl disaster."
Guy Faulconbridge reports for Reuters June 13, 2023.
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