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Radioactive water. so the initial report, even though they had to evacuate everyone, that was probably for the concern of getting them into a building safely away from any tsunami that might come ashore. and of course those are out and still watching. no reports as yet of any significant damage. the initial tsunami wave was projected to be around a meter. but it can vary greatly depending where you are on the coast. >> just to be clear, the other nuclear facilities that you had mentioned that ran the power went out, that got backup generators, are those nuclear facilities nearer the ocean or w...

Of old lessons still waiting to be learned. one day before the nuclear disaster in japan, one day, u.s. officials signed off on a 20-year license extension for the vermont yankee nuclear plant. look familiar at all? the reactor shares the exact same design as the now crippled fukushima reactors. a ge-made reactor whose design flaws have resurfaced over the last few weeks. you may only hear about the three mile island accident when you hear about u.s. nuclear safety issues. but an abc news review of nuclear regulatory records turned up 56 separate safety violations at u.s. nuclear power plants ...

20-year license extension for the vermont yankee nuclear plant. look familiar at all? the reactor shares the exact same design as the now crippled fukushima reactors. a ge-made reactor whose design flaws have resurfaced over the last few weeks. you may only hear about the three mile island accident when you hear about u.s. nuclear safety issues. but an abc news review of nuclear regulatory records turned up 56 separate safety violations at u.s. nuclear power plants in the last four years alone. everything from mishandled radioactive material to backup generators that don't work. california's d...

Officials signed off on a 20-year license extension for the vermont yankee nuclear plant. look familiar at all? the reactor shares the exact same design as the now crippled fukushima reactors. a ge-made reactor whose design flaws have resurfaced over the last few weeks. you may only hear about the three mile island accident when you hear about u.s. nuclear safety issues. but an abc news review of nuclear regulatory records turned up 56 separate safety violations at u.s. nuclear power plants in the last four years alone. everything from mishandled radioactive material to backup generators that ...

Generators and generators upon generators to back them up, so i think that the safety of reactors is something we constantly upgrade, but we -- they are safe today. >> because i -- in japan the backup generators, if they had them, they didn't work. is every reactor here in the united statesreactor here in th united states loaded with backup generators, and if they don't work there's other failsafe measures to make sure the spent fuel roads don't explode? >> yes, there are backup generators. generators in japan did work for a while. but there was 40-foot waves that overtook them. again, we desi...