Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110316:22:05:00
Bad is that? >> reporter: oh, it's very bad. when you have fuel rods exposed even spent fuel rods which is basically fuel rods that have been used to make energy and they are put in the pool, when they are exposed, they can melt down and then release the radioactive particles inside. that's what they are trying to avoid. the news from the head of the nrc that the spent fuel pool in reactor number 4 has no water is very, very bad news. now today the japanese government was going to try to send in military helicopters to dump water over some of the -- over some of the spent fuel pools. they trie...
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