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Fukushima. there is only so much batter power, in seven days they could go fukushima and spread radioactivity. radioacti. mark: what are you referring to. >> i am talking about fukushima, japan, they were attacked by a tidalwave, and the electric grid was collapsed, they ran out of fuel and they ran out of battery to cool nuclear reactor cores and keep video active fuel rods, cool. and -- radio active rule rods cool, the water evaporated and you had steam explosions that spread radioactivity in ...

Fukushima. there is only so much batter power, in seven days they could go fukushima and spread radioactivity. radioacti. mark: what are you referring to. >> i am talking about fukushima, japan, they were attacked by a tidalwave, and the electric grid was collapsed, they ran out of fuel and they ran out of battery to cool nuclear reactor cores and keep video active fuel rods, cool. and -- radio active rule rods cool, the water evaporated and you had steam explosions that spread radioactivity in ...

Interaction between a lava flow and the sea water because of the rapid nature. this may produce plumes of water vapour which will rise into the atmosphere and the concern is the atmosphere and the concern is the content, the possible content of some gases, like sulphur or chlorine gases that may be inside these clouds. obviously, the concentration of these gases in this plume will be higher, very close to the coast, and then the winds will disperse the high concentration. there is also some poss...

Political differences and disagreements. >> just as they did following the iraq war, some iraqi political parties are organizing along sectarian and religious lines. move that many blame for the rise of the sunni insurgency and then the rise of isis. the iraqi prime minister appears to recognize the danger of continued sectarian division. and is trying to recruit candidates from other political groups. how successful he will be remains to be seen. >> bret: conor powell, thanks. why west coast go...

And you have a risk that something worse could happen and we saw a preview of that. the international atomic energy agency reported yesterday based on japanese information there was a fire in the spent fuel ponds at unit 4. there you can have radiation material directly into the atmosphere. theres also been a worry that if they dont cool the reactor that you could have a meltdown. theres been a partial melting of fuel according to most observers and experts and that that could become worse and i...

Best scenario, you have relatively low amounts of steam. no steam explosions and blows out to the ocean. even that isnt that pretty. >> what level earthquake were these nuclear plants built to withstand? >> they were built to withstand something i think lower than what they got. again, they came through the earthquake okay. had it just been the earthquake and backup systems diesel engines kicked in, you wouldnt be facing this today. >> but built at sea level. >> they were all built at sea level ...

Something worse could happen and we saw a preview of that. the international atomic energy agency reported yesterday based on japanese information there was a fire in the spent fuel ponds at unit four. there you can have radiation material directly into the atmosphere. theres also been a worry that if they dont cool the reactor that you could have a meltdown. theres been a partial melting of fuel according to most observers and experts and that that could become worse and if in the very worst ca...

Accident thats less although i would say more significant than three mile island. youve had a slow bleeding of radiation into the environment and thats being picked up in various parts of japan. and you have a risk that something worse could happen and we saw a preview of that. the international atomic energy agency reported yesterday based on japanese information there was a fire in the spent fuel ponds at unit 4. there you can have radiation material directly into the atmosphere. theres also b...