The site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station was hit by new shelling and explosions this week, breaking windows in one of its turbine halls and once again underlining the urgent need to establish a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the plant, International Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi of said on Tuesday (27 September).
IAEA experts at the six-unit facility reported to agency headquarters that shelling took place at around 17:00 local time on Monday near the facility’s electrical switchyard, a few hundred meters from the plant’s training centre, but there were no reports of damage. Other explosions were heard further away.
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