Nuclear nations must pledge not to use these weapons for the first time, Guterres told a news conference in Tokyo on Monday ahead of the Hiroshima peace memorial ceremony over the weekend, marking the 77th anniversary of the first atomic bombing. .
Attacks on nuclear power plants are ‘suicide’
Any attacks on a nuclear plant are also “suicidal”, he said, referring to reports of further Russian bombing of Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, Zaporizhia, in Ukraine. The attack on Zaporizhia alerted the International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi on Saturday warned of the risk of a nuclear disaster that could threaten public health and the environment in Ukraine and beyond.