IAEA Mission to Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in 2022IAEA Imagebank via wikimedia commons. This weekend, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine which is occupied by Russian forces was struck by shelling more than a dozen times. The United Nations nuclear watchdog organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, quickly condemned the strikes, stating that such attacks risked the occurrence of a major nuclear disaster. Luckily, the shelling this time only inflicted damage on buildings, systems, and equipment that were not critical to the maintenance of the safety of the nuclear power plant.
"A vital offsite electricity supply to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been destroyed by shelling," the Guardian reported Friday, "and there is little likelihood a reliable supply will be re-established, the United Nations nuclear watchdog chief has said."
Rafael Grossi, the director general of .
The head of the world's atomic watchdog warned that the reactors at Zaporizhzhia might have to be shut down. That would start a clock ticking at the site.
"A vital offsite electricity supply to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been destroyed by shelling," the Guardian reported Friday, "and there is little likelihood a reliable supply will be re-established, the United Nations nuclear watchdog chief has said."
Rafael Grossi, the director general of .