Ukraine: The risk of a nuclear accident in Zaporizhia is increasing, the International Atomic Energy Agency warns – 2024-04-12 07:40:44

Drone attacks in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia “significantly increase the risk of a nuclear accident,” International Atomic Energy Agency chief Raphael Grossi warned today at a meeting of the IAEA’s governing board.

Sunday’s drone strike, which hit a building housing one of the plant’s six reactors, was described as the most dangerous security development at Europe’s largest nuclear plant since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Moscow and Kiev have repeatedly accused each other of striking the site of the nuclear plant, which Russian forces seized shortly after the war began. Both sides called for an emergency IAEA board meeting after Sunday’s attack.

“We are meeting today and I will address the UN Security Council next week because it is of the utmost importance to ensure that these reckless attacks do not signal the creation of a new and extremely dangerous front in the war,” Grossi said.

The head of the IAEA stressed that the attacks on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant area “must stop”, however, avoiding blaming any of the warring sides.

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