helpful they say although it ruins the plant. >> yeah it will corrode the core. that is no question about that. the salt, seawater, is not desirable from a normal operating point of view. megyn: that is the least of their concerns. >> yeah. >> i want to ask you, millard, lastly why do you say that it is, you don't think it is likely we're facing total core meltdown which obviously no one wants to see? >> because, they are able to get some partial procedures in place. i mean, i'm presuming the information they're giving us is correct and up-to-date. if it is not, then that is a different situation. megyn: yeah. >> if there is a total core melt, there is a chance that, depending on the thickness in the plant which i do not know, that it could, the melt could go into the ground and give a fairly benign result as far as contaminating the atmosphere