The IAEA reported a drone attack on the radiation monitoring laboratory at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
According to the IAEA, on May 3, a drone attacked the external radiation monitoring laboratory at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, after which experts requested access to the facility to assess the damage.
The agency reported this on social media.
“There are no reports of casualties, and it is not yet known whether the laboratory, located outside the perimeter of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, was damaged as a result of the strike. The IAEA team at the scene has requested access to the laboratory,” the statement reads.
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The Zaporizhzhia NPP has recordedits 15th blackout since the start of the occupation.
Earlier, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant resumed operations on Ukraine’s power grid after a one-and-a-half-hour interruption in external power supply.
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