the international atomic energy agency said today, that the head of the iaea is going to be the mission of nuclear experts to chernobyl sometime in the next two weeks. to try to assess how much damage was done by the russian occupation there. they say they re going to do quote, nuclear safety security and radiological assessments. of the site. and they re also going to try to set up new monitoring systems. to replace the was the russians all looted and stole, presumably without even knowing what they were for. yeah but all this is happening of course while the war is still underway in ukraine. while russia please hell-bent on taking over all of ukraine or least all of it that they can destroy enough to seize. and while the russian soldiers that occupy the chernobyl exclusion zone or out of there now, that s why the ap was able to get in there today. russian soldiers as of right now, as of tonight, they re still at a nuclear power plant that isn t mothballed and stop andra don t like ch
that isn t mothballed and stop andra don t like chernobyl. they are still at a nuclear power plant in ukraine that is currently operating, they re still russian soldiers right now are still occupied the largest currently occupied operating nuclear power plant in ukraine which is also the largest nuclear power plant in all of europe. russian soldiers are there now. now we know what they did while they were in chernobyl. how are they doing with the one that s currently operating right now, right? just as we re learning the extent to which these guys respect and understand and can be trusted with all things nuclear. there s all this attention on whether or not putin wants to use nuclear weapons in the fight in ukraine. what about the nuclear damage troops are doing on the ground and nuclear power sites? joining us now is james acton, he s the courage of the nuclear policy program of the carnegie endowment for national peace. mr. action, i appreciate you take the time to be this night. tha