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Uranium pellets are the fuel. and just like any fuel, it gets used up eventually. your 12 foot long fuel rod full of the uranium pellets lasts about six years in a reactor, with the reactor turned on, the fission process over about six years uses that uranium fuel up. it becomes something they call spent fuel. and when they call it spent fuel, what they mean is that it is degraded enough that even though it is still wicked radioactive, it is no longer efficient for doing what nuclear power plant...

Until you have fuel rods exposed. its hot steam interacting with the thin tubing that in which the uranium fuel, thousands of these tubes in the reactor. to have that much hydrogen means they had to have been exposed for a long time and had to have been at elevated temperatures, say 2,000 degrees. very likely the fuel is damaged, too. megyn: let me interrupt you so those of us without your education on this can try to hang with you on this. to put it in terms i think folks can understand. you sa...

Tragedy, three mile island in 78 or 79. but you have no carbon foot prin with the nuclear power. its something we create here. we dont have to go out and fight wars, whether its with libya or iraq or worry about whether iran is going to use our money to develop nuclear weapons when we buy oil from them. there is really no safe choice right now for energy consumption, is there? >> well, first of all, we should take the oil discussion out of the equation since oil is primarily used to run motor ve...

Electricity and critics dont trust the regime saying with some modifications the plant could eventually build a nuclear bomb. during the next two weeks, 80 tons of uranium fuel will be moved to the reactor with u.n. inspectors monitoring the process and over the next few days, iran is expected to follow up todays event, showing off the drone with more military related announcements. more to come. >> and julie this isnt the first time theyve launched one of these iranian drones, right? is this th...

Reaction will include the entire earth. and were not kidding anyat all. can know the be as such that a bunch of thugs rule the world and take out the revolvers and go on a shooting spree and make the world insecure. >> irans sponsored tv ran a video of the test launch and on friday a liquid fuel surface to surface missile and irans critics scoff as ahmadnejads description as defensive. >> we normally dont bomb his friends. that makes his definition of peace and friendship, but this is not a defe...

>> the unveiling became after iran began to fuel its first nuclear power reactor with the help of russia. they say they only plan to use it to produce electricity but critics say with modifications it could eventually build a nuclear bomb. in the next two weeks 80-tons of uranium fuel will be move inside the reactor, watched closely by a team of u.n. inspect tores. >> julie kirtz with the latest from washington. we turn to jerusalem where israel is condemning what is happening in iran. leland is...

Expert. >> we are telling you the west, that all options are on the for you as well. your first option is behave like a human, dismount from your tower of arrogance and sit like a good polite kid to equally talk to us. >> they are producing weapons of war, no longer just importing them. at that point its difficult to do assessments of what they really have. >> iran unveiled the bomber drone day after it began, fuel the first nuclear reactor, with the help of russia. iranianbe officials claim the...

Plant to produce electricity but critics dont trust them. they say it could eventually build a fluiblg bomb. over the next two weeks, 80 tons of uranium fuel will be pulled into the reactor. it could be started as early as next month. u.s. has been trying to block the power plant to put pressure on tehran. iran plans to build ten new uranium enrichment sites. they are closely watching developments and so is israel. >> bushehr is large commercial size reactor. it will be the first time that a sta...

Caroline shivley with more now from washington. >> reporter: iranians claim they only want to use the nuclear power plant to produce electricity, and, critics dont trust the regime, saying with modifications the nuclear power plant would eventually build a nuclear bomb and 80 tons of uranium fuel will be moved into the reactor and the watchdog group is monitoring this process and it could be empowering tehran as early as next month and the u.s. had been trying to block the nuclear power plant as...

Program, engineers today fueling the rogue regimes first nuclear power plant and defying the obama administrations warnings. iran insisting it only has interests in energy production. while the russians say theyll make sure that fuel will not be used to make weapons. that is not easing the international concerns, caroline shivley reporting from washington. >> reporter:... officials claim they plan to use the nuclear power plant to produce electricity and critics dont trust the regime, saying, wi...