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Water? they dont know. theyre relieved its not flowing no the ocean but dont know where its going. they have to keep pouring water on the reactors and through the system to keep it cool. but the reactor system is busted. from the explosions, the earthquake, the tsunami. they have to keep pouring it in to keep it cool and stabilized, at least for now. >> that continues, charles. also learning that nitrogen, hydrogen, explosions, three words part of the discussion today too. >> reporter: certainly...

Concern. they think if they can seal that up with concrete, that will stop at least one of the leaks. the problem is, they dont know where its all coming from in the first place. so they have to figure out why all this water is coming from, patch that part, and that will solve a host of other problems. they cant get any of those workers into the key parts of the plants to do the major work in keeping those raeshths cool. theyre in the process of pumping it out, but the problem is, it seems to be...

Save these people from having to do. >> what could that do to you? >> plutonium is a bad one because if you inhale or ingest it, its a very powerful emitter of alpha radiation, very strong up close, right next to fitissu. if it gets on your clothes, it cant even penetrate your shirt or a piece of paper. but if it gets in your lung or in your stomach, its extremely bad news. >> that was issue number one, the news today with the plutonium in the soil. the next issue here is you have the radioactiv...

They will have to pause, assess what the situation is and see if they can get back inside and see what is going on. jon: the prime minister gave these quotes to his people, he called the situation, grave and serious. he says we are not in a position to be optimistic. can you be optimistic in any way about what is going on? >> those are very serious words, and i think weve known from the very beginning this is a very difficult path that we are going to be going down, taking the actions to proceed...

A -- a -- the president came back early to deal with libya. the president played it cool, got in another way. for security reasons, we doubt the secret service lets him keep the spare set under the mat or stuck isnt the dirt. >> dont give away our secrets. >> reminds us when president bush had door trouble one time. >> right. with reporters, walking off stage. >> he was like let me the heck out of here. >> he really hammed it up, too. >> this is the difference. >> anyway, it just shows you, you ...

Safely put this nuclear waste to make these plants safer? because right now it seems as if the plants are less safe because they have to store the waste on site. >> i dont agree with that. i mean, all the nuclear regulatory commission and all of our scientists believe that we can store these spent rods safely on site for the next 60 or 80 years. france is 80% nuclear. it stores all of its used nuclear fuel in an area the size of two basketball fields 30 feet deep. all you need is to keep it cool...

Water falls on on the fuel, keeps it cool, circulates around and buys you time. it doesnt prevent you ever having a problem, but gives you time to get people on site. that could be maybe 72 hours. you might have three days before the meltdown begins where you could get people on site and start to put the problem right. >> karen, whats the barrier and why arent we seeing more work across the board when we make investments in energy resources to demand that the latest generation technologies, at t...

Radiation. but at 8:30 this morning an urgent crossed the wire that says there appears to be no crack. then a second of the day broke out. situation described by authorities as not so good. whatever that means. the concern there, spent fuel. the spent fuel is suppose to be baitsd in water to teach it cool. but the water levels dropped causing it to heat up. creating hydrogen which in turn caught fire. a dangerous and evolving situation again. bill: the debate in washington. whats the latest happ...

Those specific areas, what kind of soil or rock they sit on. so a lot of different attributes that go into the seismic design of though plants. they are very robust and i think we have seen in japan despite the magnitude of that earthquake they hold up quite well. >> given the explosions we are seeing in japan, how can he claim their nuclear plants are holding up quite well? >> what he is talking about is the structural of the plant itself. he is technically correct about that as far as we know....

Pumping sea water in. then that water boils, it causes steam, they go to release the steam, and in releasing the steam, hydrogen builds up in the building and then later explodes. that doesnt compromise the containment vessel and we can talk about that, randy, it is another consequence of whats happening here. they have to keep it cool, they have to put the water in, when they put the water in, they have to let some out and when they let the water out, they get a buildup and an explosion. >> we ...