silva. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. russia s invasion of ukraine has generated all kinds of shock waves military, humanitarian, economic and nuclear. leave aside putin s dark hints about russia s readiness to contemplate first use of a nuclear weapon, russian forces still occupy europe s biggest nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia. the situation there remains unstable. my guest, rafael grossi, director general of the international nuclear watchdog, the iaea, has been there in an effort to avert disaster. with zaporizhzhia in mind, why is he pushing for more nuclear power right across the world? rafael grossi in vienna, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, it s good to be with you again, hello. it s great to have you on the show. i think we have to begin with the situation in zaporizhzhia, the huge nuclear power plant in ukraine. you ve spent months trying to stabilise the situation there. how high are your anxiety levels right n
silva. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. russia s invasion of ukraine has generated all kinds of shock waves military, humanitarian, economic and nuclear. leave aside putin s dark hints about russia s readiness to contemplate first use of a nuclear weapon, russian forces still occupy europe s biggest nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia. the situation there remains unstable. my guest, rafael grossi, director general of the international nuclear watchdog, the iaea, has been there in an effort
so, two of the teams have, i believe, completed their inspection work. so you tell me. there is one that is finishing right now. right, tell me what the initialfindings are. i will be able to do that in the next few hours. it would be incorrect for me to do it now because they haven t returned. i mean, they haven t reported back to me. does it fill you with alarm, mr grossi, that the russians are making these allegations? because we ve seen a pattern of behaviour. of course! this is exactly why we decided to take this unusual, extraordinary steps to send inspectors in an unplanned and programmed not programme inspection to a place that, by the way, we have visited just a few months ago. you know, the first one, this r&d thing, we had visited in the month of september.
in the world. more than 30 countries are using nuclear energy. many more want it. and this is in no way a pathway to nuclear weapons. in any case, this is why this agency that i have the privilege to lead was created back in 1957, to make sure that you have the nuclear energy and you don t have proliferation. rafael grossi, it s a real pleasure to talk to you again from vienna. thanks forjoining me on hardtalk. always a pleasure, always a pleasure. hello. well, the met office have confirmed
to avert disaster. with zaporizhzhia in mind, why is he pushing for more nuclear power right across the world? rafael grossi in vienna, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, it s good to be with you again, hello. it s great to have you on the show. i think we have to begin with the situation in zaporizhzhia, the huge nuclear power plant in ukraine.