A drone strike caused a fire on the perimeter of Abu Dhabi’s Barakah nuclear power plant in the Al Dhafra region. Abu Dhabi Media Office said the drone hit an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter. No injuries were reported, and there was no impact on radiological safety levels. The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation confirmed the plant’s essential systems were operating normally. No party claimed responsibility, and UAE authorities did not assign blame. The strike was the first time the four-reactor Barakah plant was targeted in the Iran war. The incident occurred amid a fragile US-Iran ceasefire.
"A fire broke out following a drone strike on a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Sunday. The Abu Dhabi Media Office said the drone hit an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah nuclear power plant in the Al Dhafra region. "No injuries were reported, and there was no impact on radiological safety levels," it added."
"The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation confirmed that the plant's essential systems were operating normally. There was no claim of responsibility for the strike, and UAE authorities also did not blame any party for the attack. It is the first time the four-reactor Barakah plant has been targeted in the Iran war."
"The Barakah facility went online in 2020 and is the only nuclear power plant on the Arabian Pensinsula [FILE: February 2020]Image: Barakah Nuclear Power Plant/AFP. Sunday's strike comes amid a fragile ceasefire in the conflict between the US and Iran."
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