Head of IAEA visits nuclear plant in southern Ukraine

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, visited a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Wednesday. Grossitweeted that he was at a power plant in southern Ukraine to meet Ukrainian government officials and staff in order to begin providing IAEA technical assistance.He said IAEA was not involved in political talks with Russia but remained in contact with Russian officials.Ukraine has 15 nuclear reactors at four plants -- one of which, at Zaporizhzhia, is under the Russian military's control.As of Tuesday, eight reactors were operating, including two at South Ukraine, while the rest were shut down for regular maintenance.