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They will never be used to produce energy. what we see here is a gigantic nuclear waste problem, and we also see these devastating impacts. we now have situations in which we have childrens playgrounds in this area of the evacuation zone that are hundreds of times beyond background levels. the japanese public is reeling and is truly terrified by the contamination, and i think our public has a reason to be anxious as well as we see the radiation beginning to arrive here as well. >> damon, just lo...

An oil spill and potentially what is going on at these nuclear reactor plants. i mean, there were reports of radiation beginning to seep within the domain of tokyo, for example. quite clearly, this is an ongoing, very serious and dangerous situation, isnt it? >> yes. im not arguing against that at all. it is an ongoing crisis, so our first response should be to help the japanese with that ongoing crisis. >> what would you say if this all unravels now in a relativelyqualmanner and they manage to ...

Lots of reactors, many by the sea. whats going to happen if the same thing happens here? >> its an obvious question. i do blame folks for jumping from there to saying we shouldnt build another nuclear power plant ever. and you actually have folks up here like ed markey pretty much saying that. the other reason im quite frankly agitated about it is this is exactly what went on during our bp explosion and disaster in the gulf of mexico. we were still suffering from an ongoing disaster with oil spe...