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Different directions. they had a fire in one of the reactors. there was some initial report it was the spent fuel pool which would have been really awful. it turns out to have been oil, lubricating oil in machinery near the pool. they're talking about bringing in helicopters as they did at chernobyl. in this case, the helicopters would drop water into the spent fuel pool. the spent fuel pool started out with maybe five or six times as much material as is in the reactor. and 30 feet of water over it. it hasn't really been cooled since the power went off when the tsunami hit, and now that water'...

Was that yes, there were a lot of problems, there were major, major, major modifications that had to be made to the containment structure, reinforcements, flash deflecters and surge deflectors and stuff like that. and as far as i know, those modifications were or should have been implemented at fukushima but i don't pus -- because i left g.e. before the modifications were made. >>neil: before we even had three mile island and the situation in chernobyl. g.e. said they have a good safety record and that is not a question here and others say these were unusual events, a tsunami, something you co...

In reactor's three containment structure. there are four reactors at that plant. the small crew still working at plant was temporarily evacuated until those radiation levels dropped. official death toll has jumped again. it is now 4,314. but nearly 9,000 people are still listed as missing. meantime the weather's addings to misery in the quake and tsunami zone. snow falling on survivors, anyone alive under the debris. freezing temperatures are expected to hang on into next week. other stories that you missed. cia contractor jailed for kill two men in pakistan has been released. raymond davi...

One of the large pipes in the reactor primary system, and the release, subsequent release of steam and fission products and -- into the containment structure itself. it was -- it had not been considered that this event would cause dynamic loads, say heavy vibrations in the reactor suppression pool that could cause the containment system to fail. >> okay. we'll keep bringing you back to plain english. what you're worried about is this thing is going to lose coolant? like if your car engine loses its coolant you know the engine block will seize up and you're out of luck. the reactors will overhe...

With the oxygen. it causes the explosion. it was causing the explosion for the top of the outer containment. they have to release that. it's a risk they have to take, knowing they still have the pressure cooker. the main containment structure around the reactor. they say that that is still intact. now you are hearing about radiation in the air. let's have some perspective. the latest explosion at the number two reactor may have leaked radioactive materials in to the air. the plant operators say it's reading had reached more than 8,000 microsieverts per hour. i don't know about you but my docto...