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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Can Nuclear Power Be Green?

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Nuclear technology has become more important than ever, thanks to a global energy crisis and climate change. But it also has a complicated history.

Guest: Joshua Keating

Host: Lizzie O'Leary


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1:07.6

On Wednesday of this week, Ukraine's state-run nuclear power company put out a brief statement.

1:13.2

It said that the Zapparizia nuclear power plant in the southern part of the country had been

1:17.4

damaged by Russian shelling. The plant has been under Russian control since March, and the

1:23.2

United Nations recently sent inspectors there. It is obvious that the plant and the physical

1:30.0

integrity of the plant has been violated several times. By chance, by deliberation,

1:37.7

we don't have the elements to assess that, but this is a reality that we have to recognize,

1:43.8

and this is something that cannot continue to happen. The UN is trying to establish a special

1:49.6

protection zone around the plant to keep it and the neighboring areas safe. The Ukrainian staff

1:55.7

is still there. They're basically being held prisoner working on the plant. That's Josh Keating.

2:02.3

He's the global security reporter at Grid News, and he's written about Zapparizia.

2:07.1

And there have been concerns, because there's been shelling around the plant,

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