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Day after news that the containment structure surrounding one reactor is damaged. workers found small amounts of plutonium that have leaked out from the reactor core. >> translator: if you look at the types of plutonium, the composition is different from the fallout. because of this, we believe this plutonium is likely to come from the reactor, which is troubled today. if we are going to detect higher level of plutonium we need to take higher measures. our intention is to continue with the monit...

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>> well, i think were going to have to wait and see. theres the question of what is the composition of that radiation? in other words, which isotopes? iodine lasts -- it has a half life of eight days, cesium lasts longer. so i know theres a tendency to think radiation, all good, all equally the same. you know and i know thats not the case. it depends on the particular nature of it and how long it will last, the duration that its exposed. but the more it is not exposed to humans, the better. so i...

First of all, theres the question of what is the composition of that radiation? in other words, which isotopes? iodine lasts -- it has a half life of eight days, cesium lasts longer. other isotope also last longer than that. so i know theres a tendency to think radiation, all bad, all equally the same. you know and i know thats not the case. it depends on the particular nature of it and how long it will last, the duration that its exposed. but the more it is not exposed to humans, the better. so...

The land where it can be absorbed into ground water, into vegetables, it can be exposed to human beings. do you want this to happen? no. but better out there than on land. >> michael, some of the other big news today. there are these containment structures around the core. and the concern seems to be one of the -- that theres a breach of the containment structure allowing radioactive material from the core to leak out. it could have happened when the hydrogen explosions were occurring. but what ...

Do you want this to happen? no. but better out there than on land. >> michael, some of the other big news today. there are these containment structures around the core. and the concern seems to be one of the -- theres a breach of the containment structure allowing radioactive material from the core to leak out. it could have happened when the hydrogen explosions were occurring. but what does this mean to you? does this make it more likely thats going to be difficult to bring this situation under...

Reactor core, the rods that were worried about overheating and melting. and the hope is that when you connect power to unit 2 the cooling systems are going to start up again and youll be able to get the core under control. but the key point was what you said at the end of your intro, which is that we dont know whether the systems within the reactor are working. >> in terms of reactor 2, obviously when we look at the images of the entire daiichi plant unit 2 seems to be in the best physical shape...

Images of the entire daiichi plant unit 2 seems to be in the best physical shape in terms of what we can see of the external containment structure. is there reason to assume that the -- that theres likely to be more to plug into at reactor 2 than at any of the other sites? is it likely that thats why they are focusing on getting power back to that site, because it can do the most good there? >> im not exactly sure why they made the decision to go for unit 2 first. but if you remember, a couple o...

Images of the entire daiichi plant unit 2 seems to be in the best physical shape in terms of what we can see of the external containment structure. is there reason to assume that the -- that theres likely to be more to plug into at reactor 2 than at any of the other sites? is it likely that thats why they are focusing on getting power back to that site, because it can do the most good there? >> im not exactly sure why they made the decision to go for unit 2 first. but if you remember, a couple o...