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To be able to replace the ice barrier thats underground trying to keep the ground water out of the melting down reactors and to be able to stabilise the radioactive soil that surrounds the area as well. theyre planning, the japanese, are planning to release this water over the next 30 years. so this is not only transboundary, which is an issue legally, but its also transgenerational. thats my generation, my daughters generation and any grandchildren that might come along if we go with this concr...

And rescue efforts. at least once already a u.s. navy aircraft carrier has had to plea from possible radioactive threats. are our sailors safe? what about this idea of dropping water on melting down reactors from helicopters? whats our involvement, what does it mean, we have that straight ahead. [ male announcer ] millions of men 45 and older

This radiation. we are also hearing now that the japanese officials at that plant are considering asking the u.s. military and japanese military to use hel helicopters to spray water into the reactors. that seems a dangerous measure but as you can see this crisis is escalating jon. greg: what is being done as far as the relief efforts? >> reporter: well, theres a massive relief effort going on come nateed by the nuclear issue. we know there are a hundred thousand japanese troops involved and the...

Fukushima plant has generated over the last 20 or 30 years youd be talking about a whole lot of greenhouse gas, pollutants in the hams and so forth which probably also would have had ill health effects on people. >> absolutely. look at china people can hardly breathe in the city. thats why they are building 20 reactors right now. thats not going to stop them. one of the biggest problems in japan is all the exhaust, smoke and par particular atlantas from the oil and gas fires. even as we worry ab...

Trying to build dont have the problems that the older reactors have, they have passive convention cooling. if they had been in place there japan they would not have had the power of losing electrical pewer. we are working on small reaerbgts, a 10th of a size of the large reactors. if you disperse them, you can even bury them underground. they dont get as hot, they dont have as much nuclear material you wouldnt have any impact at all. so i think so much of nuclear in this country is clogged up in...