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"Global nuclear watchdog warns strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant would be disastrous"
From CNN’s Ivana Kottasova
The director of the International Agency for Atomic Energy warned on Friday that a direct attack on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant would result in “a very high release of radioactivity” that would affect people within hundreds of kilometers of the plant.
Addressing the UN Security Council, Rafael Grossi said that Bushehr was “the nuclear site in Iran where the consequences of an attack could be most serious.” He said that as an operating nuclear power plant, Bushehr holds “thousands of kilograms of nuclear material.”
Bushehr’s location in southern Iran means it is closer to the capital cities of several US allies in the region than it is to Tehran, and Grossi said countries in the region have reached out directly to him to express their concern.
“I want to make it absolutely and completely clear. In case of an attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a direct hit would result in a very high release of radioactivity to the environment,” he said.
Grossi added that an attack that would disable the plant’s power supply lines could cause its reactor’s core to melt, which could also result a very high release of radioactivity.
He warned that people within hundreds of kilometers of the plant would be at risk from the radiation, adding that evacuations, iodine treatments and food controls could be necessary in case of an attack.