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IAEA reports explosions and smoke near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, with an auxiliary facility being attacked, raising safety concerns.
(Reuters) -The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday that its team at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) heard explosions and saw smoke coming from a nearby location.
The nuclear plant said one of its auxiliary facilities was attacked today, IAEA said in a statement.
"The auxiliary facility is located 1,200 metres from the ZNPP's site perimeter and the IAEA team could still see smoke from that direction in the afternoon," the nuclear watchdog said.
(Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina; editing by Diane Craft)
The IAEA reported that its team at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant heard explosions and saw smoke coming from a nearby location.
The auxiliary facility that was attacked is located 1,200 metres from the ZNPP's site perimeter.
The IAEA team could still see smoke coming from the direction of the attacked auxiliary facility in the afternoon.
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