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Diesel generators to begin operating to supply back-up power if it was needed. we do have that 161 kv line still in if service, so the plant is shut down but in a safe condition. everything worked as designed. when the plant did shut down, there were no concerns. and we keep those diesel generators running to insure that we will have back-up power if for any reason we needed it. jon: right. we know what happened in japan, the back-up power generators were, basically, swept out to sea or at least shut down by the tsunami. you're saying that everything worked according to plan. >> yes. it worked...

Was built in united states, woud have had to have had a lot stronger vessel and back-up systems. this thing happened because they had catastrophic loss of power systems, and in the united states we have much higher standards. but you're right, the designs of reactors we're talking about bringing on today are not the so-called boiling water design that was used 40 years ago. these plants are a little more vulnerable than others because they're at the end of their life. and at the end of a nuclear power plant's life, literally, the material making up the plant has become more brittle and suscept...

Two people were injured when two gondola cars fell off a cable. actually, everyday the lives are inspected each morning by the ski patrol and the lift maintenance department that. includes looking at every single one of these shift trains as they are called. the wheels that the cable rolls over, if you will, those are looked at very closely. that's the fail point in this situation. the cable can slip off that. it can happen a number of ways. but there are also three back-up systems on the lift that cause it to shutdown when this happens. >> do we know what happened? did the cable actually skip...