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IAEA reports drone strike on cooling tower at Kursk nuclear plant

Status: published

The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that a drone struck a cooling tower of a reactor unit at Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant on 17 August. The agency stated that the reactor was operating at the time, but its operation was not affected and no fire occurred. Responsibility for the strike has not been officially confirmed.

Category: nuclear-facility-incident · Location: kursk

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Global Events Monitor. IAEA reports drone strike on cooling tower at Kursk nuclear plant. 2026-09-18T21:18:51.289Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2812. https://global.eventmonitor.net/record/2812/revision/f3a6a33e83eccbe418ba4157f8e017134d5e75d2bb6f887852238d33f6ef941c

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