search. hard to say that the documents got there by accident. hello and welcome, it is thursday, september 1, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 9:00 a.m. here in london. and 11:00 a.m. in ukraine. where new develops are emerging from the et emmbattled zaporizh power plant. one of the reactors has been shut down and an emergency protection system activated because of the ongoing shelling in the area. this is as u.n. inspectors are en route to the site as fears grow that the shelling could trigger a nuclear accident. the head of the international atomic energy agency says that the team is pushing forward despite the significance risks involved. melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv. we heard from rafael saying that his team will continue to travel to the plant. this visit is becoming more important by the hour given the news of yet another reactor shut down. what more can you tell us about that? that s right. and what we re getting is a much clearer picture of how events have
and having come so far, we have not stopping. we are moving now. reporter: extraordinary courage there on the part of the lead of that 14 man strong iaea mission that has a sense and we ve been hearing the last few days that it is extremely dangerous, risks are significant, and yet this is a mission that has to take place, all the more so now in the context of where that fifth reactor, one of only two that was functioning, has now been switched off as a result of the shelling. and i think it is important to bear in mind the context here. repeatedly ukraine has accused russian forces of using the zaporizhzhia power plant as a military base for their equipment and from which ukraine says that they launch attacks. russia for its part has been speaking about shelling. i think no one anticipated that even as the convoy of the iaea was on its way that things would become so much more tense this