Ukraine working to restart reactor at occupied nuclear plant- Energoatom chief

Petro Kotin, head of the Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom, stands next to a picture of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant while speaks during an interview with Reuters, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Sergei Karazy

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) -A long-awaited visit by U.N. experts to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant would be successful if it led to the "demilitarization" of the facility, the head of Ukraine's state nuclear company said on Thursday.

Energoatom chief Petro Kotin, speaking to Reuters at a Ukrainian-controlled checkpoint on the road to the plant, said Ukrainian authorities were making "all efforts" to switch back on the plant's fifth reactor after it shut down due to shelling early on Thursday.