IAEA team visits Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

A team of U.N. inspectors were set to tour Ukraine's Zaporizhzhianuclear power plant on Thursday in a dangerous, long-sought mission to safeguard the biggest nuclear plant in Europe and prevent a catastrophe from the fighting raging around it.

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency who is leading the mission, said the risks are "very, very high" in the so-called grey zone, between the Ukrainian and Russian lines.Grossi said he is hoping the IAEA will be able to establish a "continued presence” at the plant to safeguard it against an accident.The complex has been occupied by Russian forces but run by Ukrainian engineers.