The IAEA announced two explosions near the Zaporizhzhia NPP
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Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:01:00 +0200
What is known about the new explosions near the ZNPPAs IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi reported, these events indicate another threat to nuclear safety.In particular, the IAEA Support and Assistance Mission team recorded two explosions on January 5 at 1245 and 1545, and also heard several machinegun bursts.The report states that the explosions occurred outside the perimeter of the training center site.
Fortunately, ZNPP equipment and station personnel were not harmed.Recall that the Zapadnaya NPP has been occupied and under the control of Russian troops since March 2022.
During the occupation, the plant experienced eight complete blackouts and one partial one.The IAEA mission has been operating at the ZNPP since September 2022.The Russian army set fire to the Zapadnaya NPPOn August 11, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Russian occupiers had set a fire at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
He called on the IAEA and the international community to respond to the incident.At the same time, no changes in the radiation situation in the area of the Zaporizhzhia NPP were recorded.The head of the Nikopol RVA, Yevhen Yevtushenko, said that the ZNPP is operating normally, and the Russians probably set fire to a large number of car tires in the cooling tower.
Cooling tower number one is located about a kilometer from the power units of the plant.Instead, the Russian occupiers accused Ukraine of shelling Energodar and stated that the radiation background around the ZNPP was normal.Later, IAEA experts inspected the cooling tower after the fire at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
However, they were unable to determine the cause of the fire.On August 18, IAEA representatives reported that a drone strike occurred at the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP, which occurred outside the stations security zone.According to preliminary data, the drone exploded near the cooling ponds, approximately 100 meters from the Dnipro power line, which is the only 750 kilovolt line supplying energy to the ZNPP.An IAEA team that inspected the incident site found damage likely caused by a drone explosion.
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