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STORY: UN / IAEA GROSSI INTERVIEW
TRT: 02:27
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
1. Med shot, exterior, General Assembly sign, UN Headquarters
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“My priority now today is not to get bogged down in legal or political negotiations, which, in a state of war, would be condemned to a never-ending discussion, but to concentrate on protecting the nuclear power plant, avoiding a nuclear accident with radiological consequences. Then we would see. I should say that the body of law and the norms and the safety standards that we have have been serviceable and have allowed us to do what we are doing now.”
3. Med shot, exterior, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Iran is saying - and I understand that - that they want to be rehabilitated, that they don't want any sanctions, that they want to be part of the Community of Nations as a normal country. Well, when it comes to nuclear, that normalcy passes through the IAEA. It is the IAEA that will be giving the international community the guarantees that everything is in order in Iran, but if they come and, you know, take out a third of my best inspectors because of some political considerations, well, I think it's regrettable it's I don't understand this measure, and I really hope this can be reversed.”
5. Med shot, exterior, flags
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Nuclear energy today, as we speak, provides 25 percent of clean energy in the world, in Europe 50 percent - contrary to some narratives that you can see.”
7. Med shot, exterior, journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“In Ukraine, the problem is the war. In Fukushima, there was an accident, true, but with a very clear reason that had to do with the non-observance of the nuclear safety standards.”
9. Wide shot, exterior, journalists
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Our impression from the IAEA is not the impression of a nuclear lobbyist. We are not advocating nuclear energy for the sake of it or for any commercial reason. We know it's a clean source of energy. Many countries are using it and continue to use it in an intelligent matrix that will provide us with the energy we need without harm to the planet.”
11. Med shot, exterior, journalists
In an interview Wednesday (20 Sep) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), spoke about the power plants in Ukraine, inspections in Iran, the latest on the Fukushima wastewater issue, and the safety of atomic energy.
Asked about Ukraine’s call for a change in the global security structure to protect from the weaponization of civil nuclear installations, he answered, “My priority now today is not to get bogged down in legal or political negotiations, which, in a state of war, would be condemned to a never-ending discussion, but to concentrate on protecting the nuclear power plant, avoiding a nuclear accident with radiological consequences.”
On Iran, Grossi said that the country is restricting cooperation with his inspection teams over its nuclear programme to retaliate to criticism.
He explained, “Iran is saying - and I understand that - that they want to be rehabilitated, that they don't want any sanctions, that they want to be part of the Community of Nations as a normal country. Well, when it comes to nuclear, that normalcy passes through the IAEA. It is the IAEA that will be giving the international community the guarantees that everything is in order in Iran, but if they come and, you know, take out a third of my best inspectors because of some political considerations, well, I think it's regrettable it's I don't understand this measure, and I really hope this can be reversed.”
Answering a question about the safety of nuclear energy, Grossi underscored, “Nuclear energy today, as we speak, provides 25 percent of clean energy in the world, in Europe 50 percent - contrary to some narratives that you can see.”
He continued, “In Ukraine, the problem is the war. In Fukushima, there was an accident, true, but with a very clear reason that had to do with the non-observance of the nuclear safety standards.”
The UN Atomic Agency chief concluded, “Our impression from the IAEA is not the impression of a nuclear lobbyist. We are not advocating nuclear energy for the sake of it or for any commercial reason. We know it's a clean source of energy. Many countries are using it and continue to use it in an intelligent matrix that will provide us with the energy we need without harm to the planet.”