The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has censured on Monday the death of a worker at the Zaporiyia nuclear power plant, an installation controlled by the Russian Army, following a drone attack attributed to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"The IAEA has been informed that an employee was killed in a drone attack today, in the latest incident affecting plant staff and further endangering nuclear safety and security during the military conflict," Grossi said in a statement.
The agency’s head emphasized that this offensive occurred only a few days after another member of staff also died in a drone attack. "The Director General strongly condemns the deadly attacks and says that they represent unacceptable attacks that violate indispensable pillars of nuclear safety," the text reports.
In the same note, Grossi called for an end to aggression against those who work at these facilities. "All these attacks against workers at nuclear power plants must stop immediately. All plant staff must be able to carry out their important work without undue stress or fear," he said.
The Zaporiyia nuclear power plant, the largest in the European continent, is located near the city of Energodar, in southern Ukraine, and has six pressurized water reactors. The plant came under the control of Russian forces in October 2022, in the context of the invasion of Ukraine that began in February of that same year.