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IAEA Warns Of Threat To Safety As Military Activity Increases Around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Station

By David Dalton
6 January 2025

Agency team reports hearing explosions and machine gun fire

IAEA Warns Of Threat To Safety As Military Activity Increases Around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Station
IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi said an attack on any nuclear power plant is ‘completely unacceptable’. Zaporizhzhia nuclear station photo courtesy IAEA.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff reported hearing loud blasts near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station on Sunday (5 January), coinciding with reports of a drone attack on the plant’s training centre, marking yet another threat to nuclear safety at Europe’s largest commercial nuclear facility, IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi said.

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