come tonight from moscow would be twenty four hours a day top stories this hour shining a light on the web of international terror russia publishes a declassified list of people and groups it says are financing extremism in the north caucasus. and the euro's woes take a turn for the worse as push was dead gets downgraded to junk status with panic spreading over where it'll all end. germany is reportedly planning to sell two hundred battle tanks to saudi arabia in a move sparking human rights concerns in condemning the position politicians as

illegal. japan approves a second disaster recovery project devastated communities call for more psychological support and fears grow about radiation levels in the area around fukushima. well japan's nuclear war isn't leaving anxious nations looking to their own atomic energy supplies and whether it's worth the risk the surgeon general of the world nuclear station now tells r.t. how he assesses the industry's future. jerry it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much of the nuclear production technology improved since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think

the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is force for sure we had three mile island in america that we had tried overall in ukraine we just had fukushima. but there i think the remarkable thing about this technology which is producing so much of the world's electricity is how essentially safe it has begin been it does not emit any emissions into the into the global atmosphere and it has only on very very rare occasions harmed anyone and meanwhile we have thousands hundreds of thousands even millions of fatalities from the extraction of fossil fuels from the surface of the earth and from the health consequences of carbon emissions so if you look at the history of nuclear technology you not only

see a very safe technology but you also see a relatively superior technology because it is essentially emissions free callus always wondering who pays for storing the waste and how can it in just your be profitable when you have to pay for storing away for thousands of years you know that the the question of waste is i think the most fundamentally misunderstood aspect of nuclear energy most people say the nuclear energy night be ok seems to be pretty safe but you don't know what to do with the waste let me say something that may shock you the greatest comparative assets of nuclear power is its waste and why is this. in other major energy forms whether it be coal or natural gas or oil what you find is that the atmosphere the global public atmosphere is being used as an enormous planetary waste dump all of those

carbon particulate all of that carbon monoxide all of that carbon dioxide is going in there right now we are emitting carbon dioxide at the rate of thirty billion tons a year which is eight hundred tons or suck ups into the planetary atmosphere as an atmospheric waste no nuclear energy is producing a considerable portion of the world's electricity one six what they do saying an amount of radioactive waste in a sequence of the size of the fuel which becomes highly radioactive and then must be safely stored but the wonder of nuclear technology is that it can be managed it can be contained there's a relatively small amount of it and it can be very very safely stored in the immediate term when it comes out of the reactor and it kind of eventually be put in long term storage containers placed back into the earth in the geological repositories that are carefully selected and without any ultimate harm either to people or the environment how you sound like

a grassroots environmentalist what's your job right now how would you characterize it i think when believe me credibility of the nuclear power industry well there are a lot of people think it's the greens versus nuclear and in fact in many green organizations anti-nuclear ism is one of the fundamental principles i'm in the nuclear power business precisely because i believe in the in my environmental virtues of nuclear power i got into this business when president clinton assigned me to be the his ambassador to the united nations organizations that deal with nuclear energy and i was particularly concerned and focused on the question of nuclear proliferation and containing them and i did that work. for president clinton for eight years but in the process i got a real education about the positive side of nuclear the the electricity generation that nuclear could bring to the world without environmental consequences and it was on that basis that i decided to dedicate dedicate the remainder of my career to

promoting this clean energy technology part time with natural gas why why nuclear energy is just natural gas well natural gas produces a lot of waste it produces carbon dioxide emissions on a very very large scale these emissions come out of the burning of the natural gas and they cannot be an even more potent form may come out of the transmission of natural gas through long pipelines where the unburned gas leaks in small quantity but in the form of methane that is twenty times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide so the combination of burning natural gas and the leakage of unburned natural gas that comes through the term transmission lines makes this a very very serious liability for in terms of global greenhouse gas concentrations and you know that but europe sat powerhouse continent germany a solvent sustainable economy disagrees with you they want thinks out of their country and i leave that last five to the austrian foreign minister recently and

very extremely proud a path to be nuclear free. and you said that it's actually came votes we said it was undemocratic how so i was saying it was a sad it was an it's a sad result of democratic politics responding instantly and irrationally to some event halfway around the world to change the basic energy policy of europe's largest industrial economy it was certainly done according to democratic procedures but these democratic procedures produced as democracy sometimes does a highly irrational result i'm an american i know that irrationality can come out of a political system i've seen it in many times in my life in america and about. see democracy does not produce great results and sometimes it produces similar results and we've just seen one and in germany the climate for christina what happened there and least you keep telling me that it's all safe i don't keep telling you that it's all safe there was an accident fukushima look what happened i mean how

can how can that nuclear power be the future when it's still so incredibly dangerous for a night well it's interesting that you would say that because we've just seen twenty four thousand japanese citizens killed by an earthquake and a tsunami. we've seen the media have a frenzy in covering the accident at fukushima which has not made it had not been responsible for a single radiation fatality we have twenty four thousand citizens having died from the earthquake and a tsunami we've had a mishap a serious mishap a pushing a power plant that has yet to produce a single fatality and yet people are using the word the phrase nuclear disaster nuclear tragedy as if something terribly harmful has occurred i'm in the at the beginning of the of the line when it comes to being unhappy about what happened to me she and i think it was a tragedy in terms of the world's understanding of the essential safety of nuclear power i also think however that it might also be educational in the long term

because people have begun to focus on and as they begin to begin to focus even more clearly on the ultimate plants across the fukushima they will learn that there was relatively little damage done by this event and this was a worst case nuclear event after for christine when you said we need to go back and look at right there those costs shut down cooling systems can survive the worst case events we can imagine what do you mean by go back the japanese made a mistake. the fundamental mistake they made was deciding that the worst tsunami they might encounter would come at a certain height and that would be the worst case to nami that they would encounter and if they defended against that there are backup cooling systems would be safe but it was a mistake because they misjudged and the result was that they did not have waterproof backup cooling systems and because they did not have waterproof backup cooling systems those were flooded and rendered in operative now. right is this

important how did this happen you have to think of nuclear energy as the equivalent of a racehorse that finishes running a race and then needs a cool down period the reactors at fukushima when the earthquake began shutdown they became essentially helpless on purpose but they still needed some exteriors some external we supplied electricity supply to power cooling systems that would get them down from five percent of their overall heat level they'd been at one hundred percent they were already down to five they needed some extra cooling to get down to normal atmospheric an ambient temperatures all nuclear power plants require that outside assistance after they have shut down and the japanese mistake resulted in those outside non-nuclear systems not being available so the great irony of what happened at fukushima it is that it was the failure of non-nuclear

support systems to be available after the shutdown that resulted in this meltdown but you really believe everything that they think they are operators tell you i don't have to believe it we operate a system of tremendous transparency we have i.a.e.a. standards that are enforced by national nuclear regulatory about bodies all around the world which are independent bodies completely separate from the operators we have a world wide net. the work of nuclear alpha raters who visit me and others power plants and write reports and analysis and criticism of each other so that they are all working to come up with the same standard of best practice there was a great deal of conversation and suspect analysis application of standards judgement about whether people are and hearing to standards that is going on on a daily basis throughout all of the four hundred thirty five power plants in the world the problem of focus shima was that they made

a mistake and reactor design not in reactor operations but in reactor design and what happened to happen now is that every nuclear regulatory authority in the world needs to go back and ask the question are all of the reactors under my supervision and protected against worst case natural catastrophes like floods like tsunamis like earthquakes like plane crashes and that those questions are being asked right now i think they will result in some changes i don't think the changes are going to be terribly expensive i don't think they're going to take a long time to implement and i think that the the good of this is that with the world will have drawn a lesson from fukushima nuclear safety will be given a stronger in the aftermath thank you very much for this and came.

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top stories this hour in algiers japan approves a second disaster recovery project devastated communities call out for more psychological support and fears grow over radiation levels in the area around fukushima. shining a light on the web of international terror russia publishes a declassified list of people and groups it says are financing extremism in the north caucasus. and the euro's worries take a turn for the worse as portugal's debt gets downgraded to junk status with panic spreading over where it will end. user reporting that germany is reportedly planning to sell two hundred tanks to saudi arabia and with sparking human rights

concerns and opposition politicians as illegal. if not with more news stories in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime the latest happenings in sports with kate. hello and thank you for joining me for the sports news this wednesday evening and these are the top stories. decision day the south korean city of pyongyang china the top two rival is to be chosen as the twenty eighteen billion trillion fics. walking distance mark cavendish winning is the first stage of the tour de france is dependent child alberto contador crashes the instant. double sweet spot at moscow's splash at thirteen million euros on dutch international's news that stuttering season. but first a south korean city of pyongyang has been chosen to his the twenty eighteen winter

olympics after losing nansen two previous bids the asian contender which was the slight favorite was selected ahead of munich in germany and honestly in southeastern fronts the international olympic committee's ninety five members reach that this is the first round of voting this wednesday afternoon it's a case it's third time lucky for the on trying to try to lead to each of the first rounds of the boats for the twenty ten and twenty fourteen games. on the roster back in sochi. and to cycling and mark cavendish has once again lived up to his nickname of the sprint king as the manx ride at one the flat this stage of the tour de france on an instant packed day in britain a d.c. high road non-trained his sixteenth stage victory at the tour of the frantic final dash it's the first place however it's the end of the road for radio shack team leader like a bitch the slovenian pulled out through injury following

a bad crash landing challenge when alberto contador rode it against think nicky sorenson and bradley wiggins were also among those who hit the floor the regent who showed better go to retain his overall lead as yellow jersey took all stay running . eligible for news and sponsors moscow have made a second signing in the space of twenty four hours midfielder maybe cuss a lot has joined them belgian side standard sort of million euros and follows on from the signing of dutchman feel that it is a phone call x. because suddenly turns twenty last week scored eighteen goals to games the belgian born inside needs to pay to speak about one hundred twenty pounds for opting to play into north korea spots i have been looking to reinforce standard field off the brazilian it soon was injured at the start of the season. there is still comes just a few hours off and nothing nothing from eight year old is a breach of joint and i axed the six million euros

a playmaker was part of the netherlands world cup squad in south africa right alongside phil the tonight hour and this is a used to play together days without knowing where they wanted actually can see thousands in line like i hope they can rekindle that winning partnership the moscow team apparently suffered in the russian crimean me after the seven and losing stakes at their opening sixteen games. while meanwhile ironing unconscious city have signed once in a good defender stuff unsalvageable autism belgrade on a four year deal the twenty year old who has previously had a trial results and becomes city's second signing in three days i'll only be a rival of the nation from the gunners savage played for his country and last october's goal is nearer twenty twelve qualifier against england at wembley is also play for partisan against arsenal you champions league. mean lathi first says mohammed a man will face their ethics committee on july the twenty second was allegations of bribery during his election campaign to attempt to become president of football's

governing body this is branded asian football confederation president has been some to report by phil for investigators asking us to respond its claim time and try to offer caribbean football chiefs passion in return for their votes and football union and. jason sylvester will also appear before the hearing allegations against fee for vice president jack warner were dropped when he resigned from all four lots of it is now in arguably one of the biggest football rivalries some substantial backing has been trying to find cristiano ronaldo as world cup holder you take cassius so as you write israel madrid team mates in barcelona speak of players the atlanta we'll see the ray allen spain goalkeeper is in beijing emotional charge the reasons he will go on those items for auction for holding a football clinic in the chinese capital is way out the tire for way too much to move the asian nation next month this is likely to retain a captain super that create and you don't end up in the bathroom as coach joe's in

reno was planning to strike a strong. local support for now though which probably comes as no surprise. that choosing between mash and chris turner analogy i would say i will go for christian not a few not only make you made but all share a friend however i have to admit that you can't have both the best footballers in the world and their bill for ambitious and given all their effort to play for good for themselves and for their respective teams but anyway among the two best players i would choose christian no. is. i saw the now and children team scotland petersburg have appointed a newly retired star player sort of is involved as their assistant coach but your time stanley cup winner left the n.h.l. to join the north russia five years ago but hip surgery doesn't enter the forty year olds playing career in april however the olympic champion is staying in the sky to help the new head coach. as one of russia's richest sides still being hard pushed to deliver the goods in the k h l their best results in the three years

since the league's inception the quarter final exit in the playoffs last season. now has also been a huge sign taste almost as possible as the european powerhouses agree the transfer of the continent's best player the last point i'll search for also one has yet to pass a medical before joining the army ran on a three year deal the guard is moving from wheat giants and p.r. course and nearly to the most valuable player and here is the at twenty tent is the latest good news we've brought in the likes of minutes per speech. also told the club. now relations between estonians and russians living in a stone and have been strained over the last decade however one man has come up with another way to get the tooth is interacting again so rugby is in front court has called. it yes. yes. you are hearing you soon you may russian on this speech any english bellew don't believe this man jones

a former major in the british army he's been living in town in for the last twenty years has been trying to introduce a new sort of grade b. to b. you know this bullshit nation we set up. tigers multi-sport scales club we know get a stone in a russia school play fair with three balls three different ball game. this year is a first year. hopefully next year we would continue to live in the main part of this project is to try and get the russians into stone means playing together something which unfortunately isn't real recurrence the less you get children between nine and eleven meeting each other regular not once a year every week it's not going to happen. one a child or one so one of seven eighteen makes this go at the first try obviously

there's going to be silliness so you must get promoted or. another important side of the project is to try and teach your children the dangers of drinking and taking drugs in two thousand and nine a staggering one point two percent to be so new population or one in every three thousand people a contract each i.v. i would go by getting the children involved in sports john believes he is getting the kids something to believe in keep them occupied while they have been a number of success stories out of the last few years but over the last fifteen years we've brought over forty boys and girls of universities in your. we. so you know that is for us success is not about great rugby. you know we use rugby as a bit of a tool people develop until one boy who is looking to follow in their footsteps his youngest love he said meekly russian but speaks fluent dystonia in goes to stony

language school he's only started to play rugby over the past couple of weeks but he says he really enjoys it as it gives him something to do during these pretty months of summer holidays. because it's mallee again it's not a girly it's like a call or is this simple yourselves improvement has been so quick he's already been named captain at a time in tiger's touch rugby team however the boys could have a peep treat in store for them in the autumn john is trying to organize a tours of the rugby heartland of england to play summits in gloucester no less the biggest bonus these kids will gain as the interaction between their respective communities which will hopefully lead to a stone union russian children playing peacefully together richard on both lead r.t. tallinn estonia. unveiled and the fast approaching. the latest one

a hole that's all to come. out until the world's longest roast around the. why were gas so it's taking off in less than four months on a tiger this one tonight seven crews are taking part this time that's over ten courts and six continents and leading the race on july the seventh. in walker has waited for more than a year if it got to be designed but the britain must now be proud of the fault in spreading its wings which is the national symbol of the united arab emirates. and that's all from the supposed does but i'll be back in a couple of hours with another update on the again the. but in the year in iraq as a military journalist i saw some ways to go and be a sponsor there's there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed.

i thought all along the length of the about five hundred miles. it would seem about twenty seven days going to publicize the people invited the more i think the hope. started the base of the dialogue. chanting the slogan or i read in some instance. i am. perfect. if. any is that heat wave. fifty seafood.

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