Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine caught fire on Sunday and Moscow and Kyiv are blaming each other.
Currently, radiation levels are within norm.
It also said it had requested an immediate inspection of the plant.
Purported footage of a fire at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on August 11.© Volodymyr Zelenskyy screegrab via X.
These reckless attacks endanger nuclear safety at the plant and increase the risk of a nuclear accident.
They must stop now, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the IAEA,said in a statement.
The world has been watching the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant closely for years.
Black and white CCTV cameraslive-streamedthe fighting to the world.
Fires broke out then, too, but werequickly contained.
The image of a cooling tower on fire in Ukraine makes everyone nervous for good reason.
But fighting around nuclear power plants is still, yknow, bad.
And it might soon happen at another one.
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For now, the facility will use AI to comply with regulations.
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