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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.
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Oct 6, 2026
Is nuclear energy resilient enough to triple capacity?
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Pamela LargueHOST
So my first question to you is, how significant a threat is climate change to the existing nuclear fleet?
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1:45King LeeGUEST
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.
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2:08King LeeGUEST
And also, nuclear power plant have planned for climate change adaptation to changing environmental conditions.
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2:18King LeeGUEST
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.
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2:32King LeeGUEST
So some plant might have to reduce its output be given of the external commitment.

Pamela LargueHOST
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.