Israel-Iranian War: Hours after we hit us in three Iranian nuclear places, the explosions on Sunday afternoon increased in the Iranian port city of Bushehr. In his statement, IDF said he had an attack in Bushehr and that Iranian missile launchers in ISFAHAN, AHVAZ and BUSHEHR also hit.
Bushehr is home to the only Iranian nuclear power plant that is operated with Russian help. However, the Iranian authorities reported no problem in the race.
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Previously, the UN nuclear boss has warned that the Israeli strike on the Iranian nuclear power plant could trigger a regional disaster, a “nuclear disaster”.
What, where is the Bushehr – Iranian only an operating nuclear power plant?
Bushehr is only an Iranian operating nuclear power plant and was built by Russia. It is located on the Gulf coast, in Bushehr, Russian fuel is used and then returns to Russia when it is spent to reduce the risk of nuclear spread, Reuters said.
View of the reactor in the Iranian nuclear power plant in Bushehr, captured on February 25, 2009.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has up to 600 employees in Bushehr, of which 250 permanent workers and others in temporary assignments. He said Israel has issued a promise to their security.
“High Radioactivity, Evacuation” – what strikes on Bushehr
Rafael Grossi, Director of the Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), had previously told the UN Security Council that direct intervention in Bushehrho, Russia, could “lead to very high release of radioactivity”, with “great consequences” outside the Iranian border, Al Judeer informed.
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In addition, the strike at the Iranian nuclear plant in Iran – which contains “thousands of kilograms of nuclear material” – could have catastrophic consequences, according to several reports warned Grossi.
The UN nuclear chief warned that such an attack would require evacuation orders for areas spanning several hundred kilometers, which potentially affects the main population centers not only in Iran but also across the neighboring Gulf countries.
As a result of such a scenario, the authorities would be forced to take urgent measures – including the distribution of iodine to local populations, limiting food supplies and monitoring radiation over a few hundred kilometers, reported Al Jazeera and quoted experts.
“Nuclear disaster in the style of Chernobyl”
Russia also repeated similar sentiment to the UN nuclear chief, warned against a nuclear catastrophe in the Chernobyl style in the event that Bushehr is hit.
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After the Israeli army claimed on Thursday that her comments on Bushehr were mistakenly made, Likhachev, the head of the state nuclear energy company Rosatom, said any attack on the plant can cause a nuclear disaster in the style of Chernobyl.
What was the Chernobyl disaster?
April 26, 1986, one of the reactors of the nuclear power plant in Ukraine in Chernobyl during the low power test, which led to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released a large amount of radiation into the atmosphere.
The cadet respects the firefighters in Chernobyl to commemorate the 39th anniversary of nuclear disasters in Chernobyl near the memorial in the capital of Kiev in Kiev, Saturday 26 April 2025.
About 30 workers, especially from severe radiation disease, died. The disaster also caused a sharp increase in thyroid cancer, especially in children exposed. Along with health problems, many people suffered from anxiety, depression and post -traumatic stress after the accident according to national health institutions.
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