Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110328:11

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110328:11:02:00

around the facility and it might explain why you're starting to see levels in the sea water. the sea water levels had come down slightly, but they're still extremely high. and, of course, a great concern. of course they do point out that the half-life of the radioactive iodine is about eight days, so they're hoping it will continue decreasing. it'll only decrease as long as no more goes into the ocean. i think right now the real concern is how much water, and how far does it spread around this facility? >> also, it can get incremental when we talk about each day progress made here, levels high, they're back down. are they tackling this problem? or is that still unknown? are they going to have this taken care of? >> well, here's the problem. the water issue has become the primary one of the moment right now. that's what it seems to be. one major crises to the next. getting rid of this water is not what they want to do. they want to pump it out. the problem is, you don't want to dump it into the ocean.

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