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>> in terms of communications, in the last few minutes we got a report from reuters first, but other sources, there is a damaged tank that spilled 125 barrels of oils into the south platte. in terms of the context here, it is hard to know in terms of contamination, is that a large spill? >> it is certainly one if you're down stream from that spill. and that is exactly the concern we have from the sites. the containment units is supposed to keep the whole slew of contaminates, where they can go into drinking waters, and end up contaminating communities and also can end up settling out into a se...

And also really strong and transparent communication that brings the data to the community and the public health officials that need it most. >> in terms of communications, in the last few minutes we got a report from reuters first, but other sources, there is a damaged tank that spilled 125 barrels of oils into the south platte. in terms of the context here, it is hard to know in terms of contamination, is that a large spill? >> it is certainly one if you're down stream from that spill. and that is exactly the concern we have from the sites. the containment units is supposed to keep the whole...

In terms of the context here, it is hard to know in terms of contamination, is that a large spill? >> it is certainly one if you're down stream from that spill. and that is exactly the concern we have from the sites. the containment units is supposed to keep the whole slew of contaminates, where they can go into drinking waters, and end up contaminating communities and also can end up settling out into a sediment. >> we saw if not on a giant scale like we saw in colorado, should the oil and gas industries have done things that they didn't do? were there ways to prepare better for a flood event...

Containment units are the last line of defense against release of radioactive materials. if all of this isn't enough to worry about, an estimated 70% of the fuel rods have been damaged in reactor number 1 and japan's national news agency says a third of the rots in reactor 2 are damaged. the cores of both are believed to have partly melted at this point. let's turn to james acton, by the way, with the carnegie endowment for international peace. i think your building is up near my house. let's talk about this thing. these reactors, run through the dangers to people going on right now. we cover ...

On reporting this the past few days, is the internal containment vessel around the reactor, there is also a secondary containment vessel which is in effect the building that surrounds the entire reactor complex. for us to have had a significant radiation leak into the environment, does that mean officials are saying both of the containment units have been breached, both the outer building and smaller containment vessel around the dome? >> that's a good question, not clear at all, and not clear the smallest has been breached yet. because the core nuclear material in there which had been an on-g...