Overview
- Plant management reported Sunday that a drone hit the External Radiation Control Laboratory located outside the Zaporizhzhia site perimeter.
- IAEA experts who inspected the lab observed meteorological sensors damaged and offline, and they reported no injuries from this strike.
- The lab tracks radiation levels and weather data used to predict how contamination could spread, so the loss of sensors can slow detection and emergency response.
- The agency is pushing for a local ceasefire to let crews repair the damaged monitoring gear and an external power line that has been out since late March.
- The Russian‑held plant, Europe’s largest, has been idle since 2022 and recently saw a driver killed in an April 27 drone strike at its transport workshop.