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Course of two hours you got the 50% meltdown. here if we go much longer -- what is the worst case scenario for us here? >> well, we hope we dont get there, but if they lose cooling in those reactors, then all of the fuel could melt, and it would then -- it could then go through the bottom of the pressure vessel. it would then fall down into the containment, the concrete containment, but none of these structures are designed to cope with this kind of event. and so its unclear what happens. >> you...

>> you have a world of experience, you were one of the commissioners of the nrc that oversaw the entire nuclear power sector in the united states. you know, most of us who are trying to figure this out or read about it, are new this, are we right that these spent fuel chambers, these pools with all the rods which are not really protected from the environment, if the water level there goes down too far or they have a fire there, weve got a major crisis on our hands? >> oh, absolutely. because the...