Fears of nuclear meltdown and war over the Black Sea should push global community to action

A new route to peace, like a proposed U.N. Emergency Peace Service, could be used to protect Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

More people are rejecting the idea that men at the apex of power, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, should control the fate of billions of people with one person’s decision to use nukes, writes Erika Simpson.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY ERIKA SIMPSON

August 17, 2023

LONDON, ONT.—Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported power disruptions after a power line disconnected twice during the day, leading Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to rely on another backup line to supply the electricity required, for example...

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