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Strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant kills 1, says IAEA
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The article reports a projectile strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant that killed one protection staff member and damaged a building via shock waves and fragments. Even without a radiation release, strikes near a nuclear facility represent a serious escalation with radiological risk.
Summary
The International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday said that it has been informed by Iran about a projectile striking close to the premises of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
The IAEA said in an X post that one of the site’s physical protection staff members was killed by a projectile fragment and that a building on site was affected by
shock waves and fragments.
“No increase in radiation levels was reported,” the IAEA said.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency said earlier on Saturday the...
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"Strike near a nuclear installation in an active war zone""Fatality reported at the site""Radiological consequences were avoided this time, but escalation risk is severe"
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