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And its concerning to me they were not able to keep it out. hopefully theyll be able to keep the levels from going higher. if they have a release of radioactive water. if they cant contain the radioactive water theyre getting out of that -- it gets in the ocean, thats a concern. because it -- once those get into the sediment, theyre there. >> i want to thank you for giving us your expertise on it, professor, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you, kiran. ahead on "american mo...

Of the reactors and radioactive water is spilling into the ocean. what does it mean for the containment efforts? joining us from atlanta, professor cham dallas at the university of georgia. in fact, he also led expeditions into some of the most contaminated areas of chernobyl. welcome to the program. thanks so much for being with us here this morning. >> good to be here, kiran. >> im going to run down some of the latest problems reported out of these reactors. and you can tell me what they mean....

>> my guess or prediction is they had partial meltdown from the top down. kind of like candles do, they melt from the top down. they uncovered those reactor cores a little and so they melted from the top down, which means the pellets would have filtered down to the bottom. which means they could be reacting with each other. >> right now. >> right now. but we dont know. >> okay. we dont know. cham dallas, thank you so much for helping us all understand whats happening there today. >> thank you. ...

Relieve the pressure and avoid a meltdown. im joined now by cham dallas, professor of disaster management at the university of georgia. william. >> thank you, will. >> professor, we know that the problem lies inside the cooling system, in at least a couple of the reactors. what are officials doing to avoid disaster? >> well, right now, the -- they have backup systems, and some of the backup systems havent gone the way they wanted. the thing to remember is that they have already stopped the react...

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