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Nuclear waste storage facilities, chernobyl and zaporizhzhia. this has never happened before in history, so were in uncharted territory. for example, the director general of the iaea has what he calls seven pillars of nuclear safety and security for operating facilities, including a steady supply of electricity, contact with the outside world, staff able to operate without duress. all of these are being violated at these plants so what youre worried about is at chernobyl, for example, and the uk...

Santa susana. they obtained footage. >> the fuel swelled in size and structural damage was sustained. >> the partial melt down occurred in a reactor that had no containment structure. the radioactivity was so high, they had to open this huge garage-type door to try to vent the radioactivity out toward seamy valley i and for that matter the rest of l.a. one scholar had estimated the radioactive being release from the melt down could have been 250 times greater than the amount released from the th...

>> this is a quiet place. >> over the years they built ten nuclear reactors, a plutonium fuel fabrication facility which took plutonium, the most dangerous material on earth, and made nuclear fuel out of it. and a hot lab in which they shift in irradiated nuclear fuel to be cut apart. none of those reactors, by the way, had a containment structure. those domes associated nuclear power plants, they were just in regular rooms. >> the most well-known of those was a reactor called the sodium reactor...

Redefining how the united states and china will cooperate. >> when it comes to foreign matters and how donald trump talked about not wanting to get into traps and mires of situations like syria and middle east in general, are your constituents confused or speaking out why the president is taking such an aggressive role? >> i answered questions for two hours yesterday to constituents here in southwest florida. most were excited to see the united states reengage in the world. they are feeling more...

Inspectors decided to do some more testing. they took concrete samples. thats when they found more cracks. they found hairline cracks they say in 15 out of the 16 design components of the building. the union of concerned scientists says in a letter this week theyre very concerned about the structural problems at davis-besse, which makes me want to ask clarifying questions of all of these things of a senior staff scientist in the union of concerned scientists. so joining us tonight for "the inter...

30-foot-long crack in the concrete wall around one of the reactors. inspectors decided to do some more testing. they took concrete samples. thats when they found more cracks. they found hairline cracks they say in 15 out of the 16 design components of the building. the union of concerned scientists says in a letter this week theyre very concerned about the structural problems at davis-besse, which makes me want to ask clarifying questions of all of these things of a senior staff scientist in the...

Cores. theres damage to the containment structure. if water keeps coming out, it means more contaminated water thats building up thousands of tons of water being stored in tanks. some of that as you know was released into the ocean causing an international scandal and incident with korea and china. >> do we know what the perimeters are and how far has that water gone? is it going into tanks or is it contained in some way? >> so far its contained. they brought in extra tanks and they had to bleed...

Theres damage to the containment structure. if water keeps coming out, it means more contaminated water thats building up thousands of tons of water being stored in tanks. some of that as you know was released into the ocean causing an international scandal and incident with korea and china. >> do we know what the perimeters are and how far has that water gone? is it going into tanks or is it contained in some way? >> so far its contained. they brought in extra tanks and they had to bleed some o...

about bin laden? then, remember japan. >> this is a ticking time bomb. >> ill ask him if the japanese government has learned from its mistakes. how bad in libya? 30,000 refugees crammed into leaking boats. a terrifying trip toll safety. some have made it. many have not. more on the way. body parts scattered across the street. thats how witnesses describe the gruesome scene in northwest pakistan after the taliban followed through on its promise to exact revenge for osama bin ladens ...

presidency in the republican party primary. >> ron paul is running for president again. if he had won the last time, guess what he wouldnt have done about bin laden? then, remember japan. >> this is a ticking time bomb. >> ill ask him if the japanese government has learned from its mistakes. how bad in libya? 30,000 refugees crammed into leaking boats. a terrifying trip toll safety. some have made it. many have not. more on the way. body parts scattered across the street. thats how...