IAEA Director General Meeting in Turkey, Interview with Ambassador Marc Finaud, International Campaign for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: "there is no such thing as 'small' nuclear weapons"

IAEA DG met with the FM of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, Interview with Jean Marie Collin, Spokesperson for ICAN, Ambassador Marc Finaud on the risks we face

The threat of a nuclear war has never been more palpable.

We spoke with Ambassador Marc Finaud, Head of Arms Proliferation at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, and Jean-Marie Collin, spokesperson for the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons in France.

IAEA

10 March 2022

“Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it had lost today all communications with the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the day after the Russian-controlled site lost all external power supplies, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

The Director General said that the Agency is aware of reports that power has now been restored to the site and is looking for confirmation.

Earlier in the day, the Ukraine regulatory authority had told the IAEA that emergency diesel generators were providing electricity to the Chornobyl NPP. The subsequent loss of communication meant that the regulator could no longer provide updated information about the site to the IAEA.” Con…