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King Lee

King Lee is Head of Policy and Industry Engagement at the World Nuclear Association, leading the Association's policy, outreach and international-forum work on nuclear energy.

Oct 6, 2026

1:35
So my first question to you is, how significant a threat is climate change to the existing nuclear fleet?
1:42
Yeah.
1:42
Thank you very much, uh, uh, for the question.
1:45
Obviously, uh, we are s- uh, seeing, uh, the effect of climate change, and I would just say that first, nu-nuclear power plant are designed against, uh, what we call natural hazards and extreme weather condition, whether seismic, uh, volcano, flood, tsunami, uh, i- i- including extreme event.
2:08
And also, nuclear power plant have planned for climate change adaptation to changing environmental conditions.
2:18
We have recently seen some, uh, nuclear power plant because of, uh, changing, uh, shortage o- of flow affected its availability of the plant can be run and capacity.
2:32
So some plant might have to reduce its output be given of the external commitment.
7:04
So am I correct that the risk is not being underestimated? Because I think initially when the news came out that the heatwave was really having this impact, I think people, or perhaps some media outlets as well, expressed grave concerns, you know, that perhaps these risks were being underestimated.

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