# Drone strike kills worker at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, IAEA says

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/drone-strike-kills-worker-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-iaea-says/
- Published: 2026-11-09T21:58:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T06:07:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/drone-strike-kills-worker-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-iaea-says/
- Topics: Russia-Ukraine War, World

## Key points

- A drone strike killed a worker at the occupied nuclear plant.
- A separate drone incident killed a thermal plant worker.
- The plant recently relied on diesel generators after losing external power.

## Summary

The IAEA said a worker at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was killed in a drone strike on 9 November. Its director general condemned the attack, saying it violated essential nuclear safety principles; the agency did not identify who carried it out. A worker at the nearby Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant was also killed in a separate drone incident.

The nuclear plant in Enerhodar is Europe’s largest and has been under Russian occupation since the full-scale invasion began. It has faced repeated safety threats: on 8 November it lost its only 330-kilovolt external power line for about 10 hours and relied on emergency diesel generators, while another drone strike killed a plant employee on 29 October. Earlier incidents included damage to thermal plant transformers and a drone explosion at a staff bus stop that killed one person and injured 15.

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