>> i don't think so. those reactors cannot be salvaged. they are pieces of junk right now. the workers -- i have ultimate respect for workers. managers incompetence and people have lost faith in them. you get mental image of homer simpson operating a nuclear power plant. >> does the public have any confidence remaining in the government? >> it's dropping like a rock. people are saying that they will s evacuate us and take us back and it goes back and forth and government and utility are fighting. we had a situation where there is no united front. people are losing faith and people are saying who is in charge here? who really knows what's happening? in fact, american engineers have contradicted the statements of the japanese government making the japanese government look like foolish. >> how long will it be until the people who live in the area surrounding these plants will be able to go back and live in those houses? >> well, at chernobyl there's a dead zone that 25 years later is