Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026
Posted: 25th May 2026
Drones have hit the Chornobyl reactor dome, the Kursk reactor in Russia and close to the Zaporizhzhia reactors in Ukraine. Now a nuclear plant in the UAE - outside a war zone - has been targeted. We look at the danger armed drones and missile attacks on the battlefield present to nuclear power plants.
Drone danger
Drones in battlezones are a threat to nuclear power plants. There are 15 reactors in Ukraine in danger from the Russian invasion there. Armed drones have landed at the 6-reactor Zaporizhzhia site and blown a whole in the protective dome over the destroyed Chornobyl reactor. A Ukrainian drone hit Russia’s Kursk reactor. Now one has struck the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant even though the UAE is not directly involved in the US-Israel war against Iran. And autonomous drones are coming. We need reactors out of war zones. The only way to ensure that is to abolish their use. READ MORE
Webinars to say ‘no’ to nuclear
Join the Transatlantic Dialogue on Tuesday, May 26 at 2pm EDT to discuss the findings in Linda Pentz Gunter’s new book—No To Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War and why nuclear “fever” has infected politicians in North America and the United Kingdom. And on Thursday, May 28 at 8pm EDT, tune in to Night With The Experts where, using the human stories found in Linda’s book, she will explore with the group how to appeal to the values of new audiences to communicate the anti-nuclear message. READ MORE
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