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We have the chernobyl, of course, in our deep memory of the soviet union, where that occurred, and that was the worst. here's chernobyl. it has the highest rating, a seven. the levels below that are at five, three mile island, that got a five. the japanese officials are saying now that the situation at fukushima right now, the one we're looking at, that plant is still a four. give us a sense of what that means, seven being chernobyl, five being three mile island, and they be the difference not just in the meltdown degree, but the level of successful containment. put those two factors together,...

Greater than we want it to be in order to operate -- [ talking over each other ] we have a containment structure that is not likely to release the radiation. if it did, most of the radioactive particles have a short half life. chernobyl was a number 7. it had no containment bidding. it totally exploded. there was a -- cloud of radiation they said was going to kill tens of thousands of people and deform children. 10 years after the accident the u.n. produced a 1200 page report pointing out there was no long term impact on health from anybody away from the plant due to the radiation cloud. there...

In order to operate -- [ talking over each other ] we have a containment structure that is not likely to release the radiation. if it did, most of the radioactive particles have a short half life. chernobyl was a number 7. it had no containment bidding. it totally exploded. there was a -- cloud of radiation they said was going to kill tens of thousands of people and deform children. 10 years after the accident the u.n. produced a 1200 page report pointing out there was no long term impact on health from anybody away from the plant due to the radiation cloud. there were 1,000 cases of leukemia ...

Not even close, it appears to be fine. obviously there was a leak, that was an issue, but chakd cause a significant problem. >> the problem with oyster career is there's significant corrosion to the containment structure. i think you showed your design earlier of what the it looks like inside. the containment is the last line of defense. that's the carbon steel reinforcement. there's a lot of corrosion there, something that our organization uncovered several years ago. so it's vulnerable to collapse. but what we have to remember is that the problems that were caused in japan were not caused di...

Would be maintaining constant and not decaying as it is or reports show that pressure is dropping. >> in terms of that word containment, it is a word we use commonly not as jargon, it is meant to be several types of structure. containment could be the outside building that surrounds the reactor as a whole. that was what we saw the explosion do so much damage to in the first two explosions, but containment also refers to the smaller containment around the core itself, around the reactor itself? >> that's correct. these type of plants use defense and depth. there's two containment structures. th...