Security at Russian Nuclear Power Plants Always at High Level

Security at Russian nuclear power plants is constantly maintained at a high level including against a terrorist threat, a spokesperson for Russia’s nuclear power plant operating company Rosenergoatom said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to media reports, the perpetrators of the Brussels Tuesday attacks had been targeting Belgian nuclear power plants.

"Nuclear power plants are facilities the security of which is constantly ensured at the highest level," the spokesperson told RIA Novosti.

On Tuesday, 31 people were killed and some 270 injured in two bomb blasts in the Brussels Zaventem airport and an explosion at the metro station in central Brussels. The country's security level has been raised to maximum following the attacks.