Drone strike hits perimeter of UAE's Barakah nuclear plant

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A drone strike hit the perimeter of the Barakah nuclear power plant near Abu Dhabi on Sunday, setting an electrical generator ablaze, AP reported. UAE authorities said the blaze was limited to a generator on the plant's perimeter and caused no injuries or radiological release. Barakah is the United Arab Emirates' only nuclear power plant, and the strike came amid a fragile ceasefire tied to the Iran conflict. The incident matters because it shows regional fighting can directly target nuclear infrastructure, raising risks of wider escalation and potential energy disruptions.

Olga Nesterova

@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

PM Carney: Canada joins IAEA in condemning today’s drone attacks on the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in UAE. Targeting peaceful nuclear energy facilities poses grave risks to human life and environment. Canada stands by its friends and reiterates urgent need for restraint and de-escalation.

12062d ago

Anik 🇨🇦🐸4

@mark-carney.bsky.social Is Trump starving Cuba? Venezuela Iran Killing his own citizens Murdering fisherman 🤷‍♀️👀

Canada's Border Czar 🍁3

he still hasn't condemned Israel or the US for all the blatant civilian murder they do..

Idris Fashan2

Ah, yes Canada’s well honed skills in political double standards… 150 years later, we’ve gotten pretty damn good at looking the other way westward and chirping our morals eastward. 🤣

Blade (I am Canadian)2

@mark-carney.bsky.social hmmmm why the double standards?? You are okay with the us and Israel doing the attacking on nuclear facilities but not Iran retaliating? I'm sorry, how exactly is this in line with what Canadians want?

Gen Zod2

Did the US and Israel attack any Iranian nuclear facilities recently? Did the US steal enriched uranium from a Venezuelan nuclear facility?

Al Jazeera English

@aljazeera.com

A drone strike has caused a fire at an electrical generator at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the UAE’s al-Dhafra region. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/36vepz

7262d ago

NevereverDave.bsky.social5

#Chernobyl vulnerability seems to have taught us nothing whatsoever.

Shipwreck

@shipwreck75.bsky.social

IRGC drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant Sunday, setting an electrical generator ablaze on its perimeter. apnews.com/article/iran...

6362d ago

Hellishchildren2

❤️ @shipwreck75.bsky.social We appreciate you

Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول

@faredalmahlool.bsky.social

BIG: A drone hit an electrical generator near the UAE's Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Abu Dhabi. No injuries, no radiation risk, all four reactors still running. The fire was quickly contained. No group has claimed responsibility.

2862d ago

OSINTRadar

@osintradar.bsky.social

#BREAKING ⚡️ Several explosions heard in UAE The United Arab Emirates claimed: Following a drone attack, a fire broke out in a power generator outside the Barakah nuclear power plant in the Al Dhafra region.

2962d ago

🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈

@nuclearanthro.bsky.social

ONCE FUCKING AGAIN COULD WE PLEAE STOP TARGETING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

2962d ago

Albert Pinto

@70sbachchan.bsky.social

301/ "🚩🚩3 key developments today - Iranian drone targeted UAE Barakah nuclear plant - Netanyahu / Trump had a phone call + Netanyahu had security cabinet meeting (AP reporting that they are coordinating about a resumption of the war) - Trump has... threatened there “won’t be anything left”

1462d ago

Steve Herman

@newsguy.bsky.social

An electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Abu Dhabi caught fire following a suspected Iranian drone strike. gulfnews.com/uae/abu-dhabi-au...

862d ago

Scott Lucas

@scottlucas.bsky.social

#IAEA head Grossi expresses “grave concern” over drone strike near #UAE nuclear plant that triggered fire in a generator “Military activity that threatens nuclear safety is unacceptable" Radiation levels at Barakah plant remain normal - No injuries reported #IranWar

862d ago

Jon Gambrell

@jongambrell.bsky.social

Drone strike sparks fire on the edge of the UAE's nuclear power plant in latest blow to Iran truce apnews.com/article/iran...

762d ago

Andy Scollick

@andyscollick.bsky.social

Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates: target of an Iranian 'warning shot' drone strike. No ☢️ release or injuries.

562d ago

Lee West

@whodat35.bsky.social

Oil surges over $110 per barrel after attack on UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...

862d ago

FinTwitter

@fintwitter.bsky.social

IAEA: UAE CONFIRMS RADIATION LEVELS AT BARAKAH NUCLEAR PLANT REMAIN NORMAL AFTER DRONE STRIKE; NO INJURIES REPORTED; IAEA MONITORING SITUATION CLOSELY & IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH UAE AUTHORITIES; READY TO ASSIST IF NEEDED

562d ago

RTÉ News

@news.rte.ie

A fire broke out following a drone strike on a nuclear power plant in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, authorities said, reporting no injuries or impact on radiation levels.

562d ago

tomwellborn3rd

@wellborn.net

Iran's FM says America "cannot trust" them daily as Trump threatens annihilation on Truth Social. A drone hit the UAE's Barakah nuclear plant. Lebanon's death toll nears 3,000. The USS Ford just returned from a record 326-day deployment into this catastrophic mess.

462d ago

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Drone strike hits perimeter of UAE's Barakah nuclear plant

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