>> WITH WAR RAGING IN UKRAINE.
THE WORLD HAS WATCHED AS ITS
MAJOR SITES HAVE BEEN CAUGHT
IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF BATTLE
CRITICAL SENSORS AT CHERNOBYL
HAVE GONE SILENT AFTER
RUSSIA'S MILITARY SHELLED THE
SITE OF EUROPE'S BIGGEST
NUCLEAR DISASTER AND TOOK IT
OVER TEMPORARILY KNOCKING OUT
THE POWER JUST ONE IN A STRING
OF HARROWING INCIDENT IN
RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE
RAISING FEARS OF NUCLEAR
CATASTROPHE. ANOTHER NUCLEAR
PLANT ALSO COMING UNDER
RUSSIAN ATTACK. PART OF IT
CATCHING FIRE. THE FACT THAT
THERE MAY BE A ROUNDING
OPERATION DOESN'T MEAN THAT
THINGS ARE FINE. THIS IS THE
INSIDE OF WHAT NUCLEAR EXPERTS
CALL THE READY ROOM FROM THIS
NERVE CENTER IN VIENNA. THE
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY WERE I A
E A IS CLOSELY WATCHING ALL 15
OF UKRAINE'S NUCLEAR REACTORS.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
SEEING ON THE SCREEN HERE.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN
YOU'RE SEEING REAL TIME
RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING DATA
BEING DELIVERED TO THE I A E A
DIRECTLY FROM UKRAINE FROM
UKRAINIAN SOURCES. IN SOME
CASES, SOME OF THAT MONITORING
DATA THAT WE USE TO RECEIVE IS
NO LONGER ARRIVING SO FAR
CRISIS AVERTED. BUT THE I A E
A S DIRECTOR, GENERAL RAFAEL
MARIANO GROSSI SAYS NEXT TIME
THE WORLD MIGHT NOT BE SO
LUCKY. THIS NIGHT KEEPING THE
APP IS THE PULSE BET AND THAT
HACK.
>> OR I HAVE AND AN EMPTY SO
WET. THE OR AND WE DO NEED
THAT COULD BE. AND A DIRECT
IMPACT TO ANY OF THE OF THE
WHEN YOU ARE IN ARMED CONFLICT
AND ACTIVE ONGOING THINK THESE
THINGS CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME.
AND THAT CHERNOBYL UKRAINIAN
OFFICIALS WARNING EXHAUSTED
WORKERS STUCK THERE FOR ALMOST
3 WEEKS HAS STOPPED MAKING
SOME SAFETY REPAIRS AND THEY
HAVE RUSSIANS LOOKING OVER
THEIR SHOULDERS THAT A
PROBLEM.
>> THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. IF
SOMETHING KINETIC. HAPPENS
BREAKS OUT. LIKE IT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT. HE HAS A WET. THEN
YOU ARE IN UNCHARTED WATERS
HERE IN THE INCIDENT AND
EMERGENCY CENTER EXPERTS HAVE
BEEN MONITORING UKRAINE'S
POWER PLANTS 24 7. EVER SINCE
THE WAR STARTED TAKING IN DATA
FROM RADIATION SENSORS AND
SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO OFFICIALS
ON THE GROUND IN A CRISIS. HOW
SOON CAN YOU GET THIS UP AND
RUNNING. WE FILL THE ROOM WITH
ALL OF OUR EXPERTS WITHIN 60
SPECIAL. YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN
YOU IN TOUCH WITH YOUR
UKRAINIAN KIND OF PARTS. AT
LEAST 3 TIMES A THEY'RE
WORKING UNDER EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ARE VERY
COURAGEOUS. PEOPLE.
>> AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO
STRESS THEM. HAS BEEN RACING
TO REACH A DEAL WITH RUSSIA
AND UKRAINE TO ALLOW IN ITS
OWN EXPERTS.
>> THE ONLY ONES QUALIFIED FOR
THE OVERWHELMING TASK OF
KEEPING UKRAINE'S NUEAR
REACTORS SAFE AND UNDER WATCH
IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
UNPREDICTABLE WAR, BUT BECAUSE
HE SAYS TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
IF THAT WALSH A MASSIVE
>> EVOLVING. REALLY NICE OF
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF NEW
COMMITTEE NOTE THERE COULD BE
READY ATION MOVING ON IN THAT
IN THE EUROPEAN INTO THE
EUROPEAN SPACE. WE HAVE TO
PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT.
WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW.
>> AND JOSH LEDERMAN JOINS ME
NOW FROM VIENNA. JOSH, I THINK
EVERYBODY'S THINKING ABOUT
WORSE CASE SCENARIO. HOW BIG
OF A STRIKE WOULD IT TAKE TO CAUSE A DANGEROUS NUCLEAR
CAUSE A DANGEROUS NUCLEAR
ACCIDENT.
>> WELL, THE GOOD NEWS, KATE,
ACCORDING TO GRASSY IS THAT
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE MUCH
SAFER NOW THAN THEY WERE IN
THE 1980'S WHEN THE CHERNOBYL
ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN FACT,
THEY'RE BUILT TO WITHSTAND A
DIRECT HIT FROM AN AIRPLANE.
BUT A HIT IS NOT THE ONLY
THING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT HERE
ACROSS. HE SAYS THEY'RE ALSO
CONCERNED THAT FIGHTING COULD
DAMAGE POWER LINES OR
PIPELINES THAT ARE NEEDED TO
COOL NUCLEAR MATERIAL. AND IF
AN INCIDENT WAS SIGNIFICANT
ENOUGH, IT COULD LEAD TO
RADIATION LEAKS THAT COULD
MOVE UKRAINE AND EVEN SPILL
ACROSS THE BORDER INTO OTHER