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Boron into these spent fuel ponds at the same time theyre trying to get water that would cool it. i think the spent fuel ponds are the most urgent. but weve been surprised, and so you have to worry, have containments been breached in two of the reactors? will more radioactive contamination come out? will there be a meltdown? theres a lot to worry about, unfortunately. >> there is a lot to worry about. and what does it tell you that they had to briefly evacuate the 50 workers who were there, that...

Up, not let rain or snow touch their skin. there are three things to consider about the way radiation is moving around japan. one is of course just how much of it there is. just concern for the sheer amount of radiation that ends up in the atmosphere, thats why everybody is so focused on what is still happening at daiichi. the second concern is which way the wind will blow the radiation. literally, how is the weather going to deliver the radiation around japan or off its coast. the third concern...

Times higher than that before you got into a problem. >> given how much reassurance youre giving us about the situation in japan, i imagine that youre going to completely knock down the threat at all to american population from, say, radiation getting in the jet stream and crossing the pacific ocean to the west coast. >> that is not a feasible situation. however, the dose to the workers is the greatest concern of this whole event. as you move away from a radiation source and emission point, thin...

The best. for now, i dont feel any particular worry about being in this particular area. >> eric, thank you. i appreciate that. the citizens of japan and i mentioned that citizens in the united states and up and down the west coast are trying to prepare for the threat of radiation. discovery channels aton edwards joins me now. he wrote the book "preparedness now." how do you prepare for radiation leaking from a nuclear plant? >> natheres nothing you can don terms of plant itself, but theres prec...