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Basis is about 96%. there are strict technical specifications in place that dont allow reactors to operate beyond their licensed limb it. >> were going to put up a map which shows the location of the indian point nuclear plant, less than 50 miles from times square and the so million people living here in new york city, not to mention the millions more in the surrounding areas. its been ranked by the nrc as the u.s. plant with the highest risk of core damage in the event of an earthquake. the own...

Of the chamber. thats what happens. they go to the bottom. but i told you last night this one is different than chernobyl. this one has all of the pellets still in a pressure cooker and its covered. its this. this is the containment. this is a wall of concrete and steel. its the pressure cooker. so still, if this happens, nuclear meltdown, still no damage to the people outside of the plant. experts told me today that nuclear meltdown is much better to be described as core damage. not meltdown. n...

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Explosion. how significant is it? and how significant is it on a wider level that weve seen three of these? >> piers, its a little difficult to tell. weve seen three of them. when you have a reactor that isnt cooled properly, the steam interacts with the metal surrounding the fuel rod. that gives off hydrogen. the hydrogen will explode pretty easily. the other two explosions were in the outer building. this explosion happened within the primary containment. and thats a worry. because if they bre...

We are some place weve never been before. we have not had this kind of core damage. three mile island was core damage, but it was in a he ditch, more sturdy kind containment. and it was over. this has gone on for days. its been a continuing struggle. nobody is quite certain about how a reactor core will behave as it gets to be more and more damaged. we know whatfrom what weve seen from outside the plant. were now seeing fission products and the radioactive materials that are created during opera...

Closer to a possible meltdown? >> well, i just heard the news, but i cant say that was unexpected either, given that reactor number 2 was in trouble all day. and it seems to be following the same path as its companions, number 1 and 3, that core damage has lead to generation of hydrogen, which led to an explosion in the outer building, thats what i am assuming has happened, but i am not sure yet. >> again, to follow up on something lester said, he was talking about the international nuclear and ...

Thats what happens. they go to the bottom. but i told you last night this one is different than chernobyl. this one has all of the pellets still in a pressure cooker and its covered. its this. this is the containment. this is a wall of concrete and steel. its the pressure cooker. so still, if this happens, nuclear meltdown, still no damage to the people outside of the plant. experts told me today that nuclear meltdown is much better to be described as core damage. not meltdown. next one youre he...

Your more expert eye, how worried should we be here? >> thats a good question. were some place weve never been before. we have not had this kind of core damage. three mile island was core damage but it was in a different environment. this has gone on for days. its been continuing struggle. nobody is quite certain about how a reactor core will behave as it gets to be more and more damaged. were now seeing fission products and the radioactive materials that are created during operations. and that ...

Trying to process, first of all what were hearing from the japanese and you have some people concerned were not getting the entire story. >> my understanding theres a third reactor, which of course, has become uncovered and suffering core damage and the issue is when they can recover that core with water. >> what were looking at, a graphic of what is supposed to happen here. i said earlier today we expect people to be nuclear experts and honestly we are understanding the technology. tell us what...

Fukushima experienced core damage. the uranium lost cool overheated and interacting now with the fuel clanning which has melted inside of the reactor and as a result that has generated a lot of the hydrogen gas and oxygen, two explosive elements. apparently the hydrogen and oxygen gas leaked out of the reactor vessel along with radio activity and filled the cavity and there are many ignition sources inside of the reactor building . it ignited . detonated with an explosion that blew a wall out of...