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Damage and may have melted even. and that releases the radioactive material, as youve heard about, iodine, and theres a direct path to the outside. >> all right, victor galinskyi, thank you for the upbeat news. we hope things turn for the better. as nuclear energy expands worldwide, there hasnt been a new plant built in the united states in more than 30 years. our next guest wants to change that. david crane is ceo of nuclear energy. a partner in a new plant is none other than tokyo electric, ...

Power plants. >> its the same issue as everybody knows we need and desperately want a place to store the refuse of the spent fuel rods of nuclear power. yucca mountain hasnt been built, probably never will be built. everybody agrees on the overarching policy, then nobody in my back yard creeps in, nobody wants it. can you name one place in the united states that is putting up its hand saying build a new nuclear power plant here right now? >> oh, yeah. i can tell you exactly. bay city, texas. tha...

Work, its going to delay trying to get the cooling pumps back on line. its another serious setback. >> martin savidge, thank you. if nuclear material is leaking, what are the possible impacts? we go to the former commissioner of the nuclear regulatory commission. welcome back, victor. what do you do when you see these sorts of numbers? >> the numbers are high, all over the place. not only inside the reactors but the numbers on the site for the public doses are -- theyre all about 10,000 times to...

Coal is what we have to move away from? >> non-clean coal. i think the world needs to work on non-clean coal technologies. other countries will keep burning coal no matter what the united states does. >> the issue will have to make that a conversation -- the economics i dont think work given current -- >> the economics are tough. >> lets talk about the politics of nukes now. given whats happened, put aside science. is it politically plausible theres going to be nuclear power plants, new ones, bu...

Issue. weve got a place thats ripe with islamic fundamentalism, home to al qaeda, and its president has been an ally to the united states. at least to some degree, in counterterrorism measures. what are we hoping for there? >> i mean, this is -- yemen is further alonghe way. its certainly not as hot as libya is, but were seeing embers there. and theres a possibility that president saleh will step down in t short term. he says he doesnts want to because hes worried about who the opposition is. on...

Hopes as american -- as america, what is our best hopes there? on one hand, syrias been defined as a state sponsor of terrorism. on the other, youve got the issue that scientists all of these revolutions, what rises in its place? whats the best hope? >> thats a very interesting question. a lot of groups have been cloaking themselves in the flag of democracy. the question is -- are they really small-d democrats, leading them in a direction of secularism or democracy. thats not clear in any of the...

There? on one hand, syrias been defined as a state sponsor of terrorism. on the other, youve got the issue that scientists all of these revolutions, what rises in its place? whats the best hope? >> thats a very interesting question. a lot of groups haveeen cloaking themselves in the flag of democracy. the question is -- are they real really small-d democrats, leadingh them in a direction of secularism or demoacy. thats not clear in any t of the states as we look at them now. syria is a major pro...

Mothers day, he told his father about one last mission in afghanistan. a mission he was worried about. >> they were moving out of a place called bella, where he was spending most of his time. they were going to move down to a location which he didnt disclose. >> that location was just down the valley at wafat. >> he was worried about it. he said, "dad, theyre going to follow me. this is a bad situation." >> theyre going follow me meaning -- >> the insurgents would follow him. and i said, son, do...

Go army. >> the 49 soldiers digging in by hand, trying to establish a new combat outpost in a village called wanat, the afghan contractor responsible for bringing heavy equipment had not shown up. >> theres people up here, they want to shoot at us. is what is happening. >> the company was warned the taliban was planning an attack, and that is exactly what happened. jonathan brostram was the platoon leader often his last trip home, a surprise visit for mothers day, he told his father about one la...

Power can and should be one of the bridges we put in place to get us to the land of renewable energy. you still think we need nuclear power even in the midst of whats going on in japan. you still feel that way? >> i absolutely feel that way. and i think the most important thing is is nuclear like solar and wind, both of which have a bright future, but theyre part of nuclear power generation. if were going to deal with what i think is the biggest environmental issue around the world which is clim...