#Ukraine: All of the nuclear power plants remain at severe risk to failure; Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
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🗓️ 17 December 2022
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#Ukraine: All of the nuclear power plants remain at severe risk to failure; Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-136-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
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| 0:57.0 | Well, a deal of that electrification comes from nuclear power plants. One in particular, |
| 1:02.6 | we've talked about for months, Zapparizia. There is no solution to Zapparizia's risk. |
| 1:09.0 | It hasn't been these last weeks. But there is news that the Ukrainian Prime Minister says |
| 1:15.4 | that an agreement has been made to move weapons from Zapparizia's nuclear power plant. The |
| 1:22.4 | agreement is still being worked on with the Russians, but the Ukrainians are okay with it. |
| 1:27.2 | Also, the Prime Minister has conceded that all of Ukraine's nuclear plants will be inspected. |
| 1:32.9 | Why? Because they're gravely at risk. They're in a war zone, a potential war zone where |
| 1:36.9 | missiles are raining down on them. We also have one more piece of news for Henry to comment |
| 1:42.6 | on. J.S. General Grossay, who is the director general of the IAEA in Paris, saying that |
| 1:49.9 | he is in consultation with Ukraine. The comment, while we are not yet there and more work is |
| 1:55.7 | required in order to put a safety zone around power plants, I'm increasingly optimistic |
| 2:01.6 | that such a zone which is a paramount importance will be agreed and implemented in the near future. |
| 2:07.8 | Henry, I come to you because we continue to watch this slow motion catastrophe of the |
| 2:13.9 | nuclear power plants. General Grossay is making these remarks to the whole world. Is he clear? |
| 2:21.1 | Does the world believe him that he can protect these plants? Good evening to you. |
| 2:25.4 | Good evening. Hello, the world believes him. I guess the question is should we believe him? |
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