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A team of nuclear experts have checked radiation levels at the Chernobyl power plant, and re-established connection between the Vienna-based agency and the reactor (Photo: Trey Ratcliff)

Nuclear watchdog slams lack of access to Europe's largest plant

While the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has seen a slight increase in radiation, the main concern for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world's nuclear watchdog, remains the Russian-occupied plant at Zaporizhzhya in southern Ukraine.

"There is a lot to be done there," Rafael Grossi, director-general of the IAEA told reporters on Thursday, adding "we have to go there".

However, his team is struggling to get access to Zaporizhzhya after it was occupied b...

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A team of nuclear experts have checked radiation levels at the Chernobyl power plant, and re-established connection between the Vienna-based agency and the reactor (Photo: Trey Ratcliff)

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