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Function in that environment. think about this, how do you fix this problem? how do you repair whats wrong in reactor two? its not going to fix itself. human beings cannot get near enough to this problem and live long enough to fix the problem. we cant send robot remote control things in there to fix the problem either because it is too radioactive, even for electronics. we humans can build a nuclear reactor, but when a nuclear reactor goes bad like this, we humans cannot fix the problem, at lea...

Yet. the current plan to try to stop what is still a year later an ongoing and worsening disaers, the plan is to try to invent something new that doesnt exist yet that might be able to work in this environment. an executive said with levels of radiation extremely high, we would need to develop equipment that can tolerate high radiation. the thing that does not exist that can allow us to even try to fix this problem. the thing that we can imagine might be useful to fix this problem, were going to...

With that small amount of water there, with that little water in there, theres nothing shielding the radiation thats coming out of that fuel. 245 is enough to kill a person in a matter of minutes. its also a high enough level of radiation that most electronic equipment cannot function in that environment. think about this, how do you fix this problem? how do you repair whats wrong in reactor two? its not going to fix itself. human beings cannot get near enough to this problem and live long enoug...

The pregnant women and the children to leave right now. because theyre the ones with the fastest growing cells and more likely to get injured from the radiation. >> you know, giving it the seven c categorization is about time, but how do we deal with this? one, two, three, and four, these are just four of the six reactors at the complex. these have had the biggest problems. whats your sense? walk through them in terms of where they are now this far out. have they reached the point where they hav...

The nuclear regulatory commission now believes that there has been some leakage from the containment vessel in reactor number two of the six at the plant and im playing this animation as it plays out. they do not believe that theres been a total breach but they believe theres been a leak down here in reactor two. help us understand the difference. >> its serious. its what is causing these large volumes of radioactive water to be in the other buildings on site. inside that containment is where th...

Die lute over time and it will reduce.lute over time and it wi reduce. in germany theyre experiencing cesium 137 in the wild boars that ate mushrooms from chernobyl, and that was 25 years ago. within 100 miles youll be watching the fish a good 25 years. >> stay within 100 miles of the plant, because most of the discussion from the japanese government has been and the united states government has said maybe a 50-mile radius. you think it goeswyway beyond this. >> out in the ocean i think it will....

Explain why has i pull out another satellite image. weve talked about this in the past. this is another angle. its four, three, two, one here. but as you see these blue pumps here, these are backup pumps, right? safety pumps along here. and you can see if you come in close -- ill bring it up a little bit -- they have been severely damaged if not debilitated. help us understand the significance. >> yeah. no one ever thought that youd be pumping watter into a nuclear reactor and letting it run out...

Breaking news concerning the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan. they told cnn about three hours ago workers succeed in the plugging the leak in reactor number two which was releasing high scho highly radioactive water. but they intentionally pumped tons of lower radioactive water out of the facility again, into the ocean. here to help us better understand the situation, a nuclear safety advocate who consults with vermont state government about the vermont nuclear power plant. lets start wit...

We have hundreds of tons of water poured on reactor two and one, and three and four to cool the overheating fuel roads. it is evapiate turning in team. but run off as well and it appear that it is water clecking in the maintenance pool is seeping through the crack and contaminating the sea. it is a set back. because now the workers trying to wrestle with the reactor problems have to deal with the leak and highly radioactive water which is dangerous to do. it means solver the bigger problem and g...

Evening building in the city of kesennuma. new concerns at the damaged fukushima plant. water is reported to be at least 100,000 times what it should be for coolants in the reactor. jim walsh puts that into perspective for us. >> reporter: the government suggests that water is leaking out of the reactor itself. that is the first time the government suggested that was the case. we had water in reactor one and water in reactor two and water in reactor three. if this is coming from reactor two, it ...