US-Israeli Missiles Target Iran’s Nuclear Power Plant
BBC News
(April 3, 2026) — Russia built the Iranian Bushehr nuclear power plant, and approximately 639 Russians continued to assist in operations at the plant. The latest US/Israeli strike killed a Russian staff member just as evacuations of Russian staff had begun.
Being of Russian design, the spent fuel pool of the Bushehr plant is located inside the large concrete containment vessel. While exact figures are not available, the pool surely holds a large quantity of highly radioactive used uranium fuel rods, probably at least several times more radioactivity than is within the reactor core.
While the containment vessel is quite strong, a direct hit with a large ballistic (2,000-pound warhead of high-explosive) or cruise missile (1000-pound warhead) would breach the vessel and destroy the reactor and the spent fuel pool. This would result in the release of a huge amount of radioactivity.
UN Voices ‘Deep Concern’ as Iran
Reports Attacks on Nuclear Plant
BBC
(April 4, 2026) — The area around Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has been attacked for the fourth time during the current war, Iranian officials say, as the US and Israel continue to target energy and other industrial sites.
One of the plant’s [Russian] employees was killed in the attack, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said. It blamed the US and Israel for the attack, but neither country has confirmed carrying it out.
Bushehr is Iran’s only operational nuclear power plant and was completed with Russia’s help.
The International Atomic Energy Agency – the UN’s nuclear watchdog – said it had been informed of the strike and had expressed “deep concern”. “No increase in radiation levels was reported,” it wrote on X.
It said nuclear power plant sites and nearby areas “must never be attacked” and called for “maximum military restraint” to avoid a nuclear accident.
On 27 March US President Donald Trump announced he was pausing attacks on energy plants for 10 days for Iran to “make a deal”, and on Saturday [today] the reiterated his threat on Truth Social that “all Hell will reign down on them” if they failed to do this, or to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours.
Russia Warns of Rising Risk after U.S.-Israeli Strike Near Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Plant
Xinhua News
(April 4, (2026) — The risk of a nuclear incident is on the rise following a U.S.-Israeli strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, the head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said Saturday.
Iran confirmed that a projectile hit near the country’s only operating nuclear power plant on Saturday, killing one security worker and marking the fourth such attack since the war began.
Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev said it remains unclear whether the strike was accidental or deliberate, warning that the situation around the plant is developing toward a worst-case scenario.
He added that Rosatom has begun evacuating its personnel from the plant, transporting staff by bus to the Iranian-Armenian border for their return to Russia via Armenia.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned Saturday’s strike, noting that the situation at Bushehr is “increasingly approaching a dangerous point.”
“The worst can still be avoided, but to achieve this, strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, including the Bushehr nuclear power plant, must cease immediately,” she said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency called for maximum military restraint to avoid the “risk of a nuclear accident,” noting that there was “no increase in radiation levels” after Saturday’s attack.
If you have access to Telegram, you can listen to a Russian official warn that the chances of a catastrophic nuclear disaster are rapidly increasing with the fourth US/Israeli strike against the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
Terrifying escalation. A top Russian official confirms a deadly strike just breached the Bushehr nuclear plant’s protection circuit. He warns a catastrophic nuclear incident risk is skyrocketing as mass evacuations to the border begin.
