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Quantitatively or qualitatively new concern today? is that potentially a worse radiation source in terms of human exposure than what weve already been worried about for the past few days? joining us now, arnold gunderson, an executive from the nuclear industry turned safety watchdog. he worked on clean number at three mile island and on the class action lawsuit resulting from that disaster in the 1990s. mr. gunderson, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> are these latest leak...

That is developing here? what is the significance of that news? >> well, suzanne, the japanese are very conscious of their nuclear reactor programs and the risk of the earthquakes and as a matter of fact, they are so focused on it that i would say that they are, it has affected everything they do, the planning and everything. in this direct answer to your question is that it is not surprising that they would see some rise in radiation levels. we dont have the details on that yet, but when they s...