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2/2: #NuclearPower: The radiological threat in wartime & What is to be done?. Henry Sokolski, NPEC

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🗓️ 22 July 2023

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2/2: #NuclearPower: The radiological threat in wartime & What is to be done?. Henry Sokolski, NPEC
https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/07/16/zaporizhia-braces-itself-for-russian-nuclear-tricks


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0:00.0

At TFL, we're making journeys safer for everyone, and that includes improving safety on London's roads.

0:07.4

That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20 miles per hour,

0:12.3

because 20 miles per hour roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths or

0:16.8

serious injuries by 24%. That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.

0:24.8

Such TFL Improvement Plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.

0:35.0

This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Bachelot continuing conversation with Henry Sikolsky,

0:40.0

the Executive Director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center,

0:44.0

of presentation and remade at the University of San Diego at the end of June,

0:48.5

in coordination with the South Korean Engineering University asking questions about

0:53.0

what is to be done about the vulnerability of nuclear power plants

0:57.8

in a war zone or in a potential target of a war zone. I note in the economist, a recent

1:04.1

publication focusing on what can go wrong and why it's Apparicia, quotes the head of the

1:10.0

air and air go autumn, which is Ukrainian nuclear energy. The quote from Peter Kotin,

1:17.6

the perimeter of Zaparicia has been mined ever since they the Russians took control

1:23.6

and they mine other things when they feel like it. Soldiers, explosives, military armor,

1:29.0

none of this should have any place in a nuclear facility. That's what we know right now,

1:33.5

according to Keith. So Henry asks the question in his presentation,

1:38.6

what can be done technically to mitigate these risks? Is there an answer or a series of answers,

1:45.1

Henry, you like? Mitigate? Yes. You can do what Bella Russ has done and

1:54.8

put a air defense and anti-cruisemental system. In this case, a brigade right at the plant.

2:04.4

The Japanese Prime Minister in March of last year said that he might consider doing that

2:10.6

Japanese plants. It's an active issue now and the consideration of putting small reactors on the

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