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S8 Ep614: 13. WHO Nuclear Threat Warnings and Reactor Vulnerability Guest: Henry Sokolski Summary: Henry Sokolski analyzes World Health Organization preparations for a "worst-case scenario" nuclear incident. He highlights the vulnerability of regional power reactor

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🗓️ 21 March 2026

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13. WHO Nuclear Threat Warnings and Reactor Vulnerability Guest: Henry Sokolski Summary: Henry Sokolski analyzes World Health Organization preparations for a "worst-case scenario" nuclear incident. He highlights the vulnerability of regional power reactors to drone strikes and the resulting risks of large-scale radiological releases. (14)

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0:00.0

I'm John Batchler, the Iran War. We go to a headline and a report from London, The Independent.

0:24.2

World Health Organization officials are preparing for a, quote, worst-case scenario, end quote,

0:30.6

nuclear threat if the U.S. Israeli war with Iran escalates. Also, World Health Organization is refreshing staff on how to respond in

0:41.8

the event of a nuclear incident and providing guidance about long-term health risks linked to radiation

0:49.0

exposure. I welcome Henry Sikoski. He is the executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education

0:56.3

Center. The website is filled with information, but right now, Henry's here to help us understand

1:01.6

all of a sudden, the World Health Organization, associated with the catastrophe of the pandemic,

1:07.6

most recently, is now concerned about either a nuclear incident or a nuclear threat.

1:14.0

What does that mean, given the contradictory information we've had from the White House,

1:20.4

we destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons program, to Mr. Netanyahu, who says, we believe that Iran can no longer

1:31.1

process this our material into bomb making, to Mr. Grossi of the IA, the UN watchdog, saying

1:39.2

Iran retains the ability to generate an atomic weapon in time to the various statements made by

1:47.0

combatants over these last weeks that the reason for the surprise attack on Iran on the last

1:53.2

day of February was its nuclear weapons program that was very close to creating a bomb.

1:58.9

All of that is contradictory.

2:01.0

So I come to you, Henry, to ask,

2:03.1

what is a nuclear incident?

2:04.9

What is a worst-case scenario?

2:06.6

What is the WHO worried about?

2:08.7

Good evening.

2:10.1

Good evening.

2:10.8

Again, it's a privilege to be on your program.

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