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? 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 now? unfortunately, they remain quite high because even, even though we ve been making some progress now, i have, for example, the permanent presence of some of my experts at the plant, and we have a clear idea of what is going on exactly, every day, we continue to see shelling. we continue to see cut of the, of the external power to the station. so
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
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