IAEA Reports Drone Activity, Explosions and Military Sounds at Ukrainian Nuclear Sites
The IAEA statement reports air raid alarms heard nearly every day at the site over the past week.
UKRAINE — On Thursday morning, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team at Chornobyl was awakened by the sound of multiple explosions and was later informed that several drones were detected above the Exclusion Zone, approximately 3 miles (5 km) from the site, with the sounds being anti-aircraft fire.
The Chornobyl NPP site is located in the Exclusion Zone established following the 1986 nuclear accident. The statement reports air raid alarms heard nearly every day at the site over the past week.
The statement includes observations from other nuclear sites in Ukraine. The IAEA team at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) reported hearing military activities almost every day over the past week.
Air raid alarms were heard nearly every day at the Khmelnytskyy, Rivne, and South Ukraine NPPs as well. The data shows reporting of such activities across multiple locations.
Over the past week, the IAEA team at the ZNPP reported hearing military activities almost every day. The IAEA teams present at the Khmelnytskyy, Rivne and South Ukraine NPPs and the Chornobyl NPP site heard air raid alarms nearly every day. The IAEA approaches three years of continuous presence at the site.
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