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The same time, then we really should be very worried. and these things are the breach and the confinement chamber of a nuclear power plant. so, every nuclear reactor that contains a core, nuclear core, reactor core, is protected by a very robust reinforced concrete confinement chamber that is designed to withstand an explosion internally of the reactor core that might release this radioactivity. its designed to contain that radioactivity inside but it is also designed to withstand the outside im...

About the possible dangers. >> what is critical for a safe operation of a nuclear reactor is the functioning of a cooling system of a reactor core. so if you can imagine, its a sort of big pool in to which the fuel rods inserted. and it has to have a constant supply of cold water to keep that core and that nuclear fuel at a certain temperature. and of course that system relies on a supply of water. that supply of water depends on the functioning of the pumps that pump that water to the core and ...

Send u.s. forces into ukraine. here to discuss, democratic congresswoman elaine luria of virginia, the vice chair of the house armed services committee. congresswoman, good to see you. you served as a navy officer for 20 years operating nuclear reactors as an engineer. what is your biggest fear when you hear that russian troops have now taken over and are controlling the site of the chernobyl nuclear disaster? >> jake, thanks for having me again. you know, the site of the chernobyl disaster that...

These systems could be compromised, and then we really have to worry that -- that there could be a serious accident. >> right. and -- and to that point, how can a scenario like this be perhaps better mitigated? i think only one reactor of the six was running. if the reactors arent running, are they safe or safer? or -- or not? >> well, even as a controlled shutdown of the reactor, its not like you just click a switch and its off. the fuel remains in the core for some time, for several weeks actu...

Mind. theyre meant to be able to withstand plausible incidents, an airplane crash, for example. one thing we learned at the fukushima disaster is that it is not just the safety of the reanterreant reactor itself. the power supply was compromised, the cooling systems that usually keep the reactor and the fuel cool werent able to operate and so the reactor core melted down. so there are -- these are complicated systems there is a lot that could go wrong. a meltdown here as you see on the map, this...

The nature of operating a nuclear power plant safely is inconsistent with military operation. >> correct me if im wrong. i read that there will -- that pools of water with spent fuel rods at the zaporizhzhia power plant and is that your understanding as well and i would assume that in a -- if there is a fire fight going on, or bombs falling or shelling, if there are large pools of waters with spent fuel rods, that would be concerning. >> so every nuclear reactor has spent fuel pools right next d...

Reactor is the functioning of a cooling system of a reactor core. so, if you can imagine, its -- its a sort of big pool into which the fuel rods inserted, and it has to have a constant supply of cold water to keep that core -- um -- and that nuclear fuel at a certain temperature. and of course, that system relies on a supply of water. that supply of water depends on the functioning of the pumps that pump that water to the core and the pumps rely on electricity. uh, there are back-up electricity ...

Military. the russians have run into the sand effectively being held back in a number of locations, even in mariupol, which they fully surrounded in the southeast of the country. still being held back there by ukrainian forces. the more theyve held back and more theyve struck out towards civilians, weve seen that graphically in kharkiv and in kyiv, the capital. kate? >> sam, thank you so much. lets go to kyiv right now, just as sam was talking about, where russian forces are approaching the ci...

Some are publicly visible through the internet when the internet is available, so it has been possible to monitor a small number of the monitoring stations to reassure ourselves radiation levels havent changed, and there is also the message which the iaea is giving out clearly, is there is no radiological issue at that site for the time being. issue at that site for the time beinu. ~ ., , . being. what is the difference between this _ being. what is the difference between this site, _ being. wh...