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Confronting a Catastrophic Nuclear Meltdown at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine

Confronting a Catastrophic Nuclear Meltdown at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine

FromGlobal Dispatches -- World News That Matters


Confronting a Catastrophic Nuclear Meltdown at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine

FromGlobal Dispatches -- World News That Matters

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is Europe's largest. In March, Russian forces captured the plant and a crew of Ukrainians are maintaining operations at the plant -- effectively at gun point.  In recent weeks, fighting around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power plant has intensified, causing some damage to the plant and raising the prospect that in the context of armed conflict a catastrophic nuclear accident becomes a very real possibility.  In this episode, we are joined by Jon Wolfstol, senior advisor at Global Zero and a member of board of Science and Security at Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. We kick off by discussing how Zaporizhzhia operates in normal circumstances and how the fighting may have impacted current plant operations. We then discuss what a catastrophic event at the power plant may look like. This includes the global impact of  a nuclear meltdown at Zaporizhzhia.
Released:
Aug 29, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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The longest running independent international affairs podcast features in-depth interviews with policymakers, journalists and experts around the world who discuss global news, international relations, global development and key trends driving world affairs. Named by The Guardian as "a podcast to make you smarter," Global Dispatches is a podcast for people who crave a deeper understanding of international news.