IAEA Says It Is Offering Technical Support to UAE After Attack on Nuclear Plant
Grossi said repairs are under way and could take weeks after the attack shut down a reactor and caused a fire.
- On May 17, a drone strike hit an electrical generator at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates, with defense officials neutralizing two additional drones that targeted the facility.
- Following joint US-Israeli military operations against Iran on February 28, Iranian-backed groups in Iraq have launched drones at Gulf nations, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, targeting "enemy bases in Iraq and the region."
- International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi visited the site on Tuesday, confirming the watchdog is extending comprehensive technical support and stating, "The repairs are under way already."
- The Barakah installation generates approximately 25 per cent of the United Arab Emirates' electricity supply, and Grossi told Reuters that completing repairs could take a "matter of weeks."
- "Military activity that threatens nuclear safety is unacceptable," the International Atomic Energy Agency emphasized, while the United Arab Emirates' Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation confirmed the plant remains safe and no radioactive material was released.
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IAEA says it is offering technical support to UAE after attack on nuclear plant
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Following a drone strike on the UAE's Barakah nuclear plant on 17 May, the IAEA is offering technical support. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi praised the quick shutdown of the reactor. The strike, linked to wider US-Israel-Iran regional tensions, marks the first attack on the Middle East's sole operational nuclear hub.
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ABU DHABI: The International Atomic Energy Agency is offering the United Arab Emirates technical as well as moral support, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday after a visit to the site of a nuclear power plant that came under a drone attack last month. Grossi said Emirati authorities had reacted very quickly to the attack at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant by shutting
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