Head of the Russian state nuclear company: The security situation at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran continues to deteriorate.

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28/03/2026
On March 28th local time, the general director of the Russian state atomic energy corporation, Likhachev, stated that the security situation at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran continues to deteriorate. The third mortar explosion event has occurred near the pump station supplying water to the reactor equipment. He also mentioned that Russia will evacuate two groups of employees from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the coming days. Recently, 163 people have already been evacuated, but there will still be several dozen employees remaining at the nuclear power plant.