IAEA says ‘auxiliary facilities’ attacked at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

In a statement, the nuclear watchdog said its team heard blasts and saw smoke coming from the facility about 1 km from the power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe.

A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including its Units No. 2 in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, 15 June, 2023 | Reuters

Kyiv: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday that its team at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) heard explosions and saw smoke coming from a nearby location.

The nuclear plant said one of its auxiliary facilities was attacked today, IAEA said in a statement.

“The auxiliary facility is located 1,200 metres from the ZNPP’s site perimeter and the IAEA team could still see smoke from that direction in the afternoon,” the nuclear watchdog said.

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