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10 hours, the dose rate would be so high that you could get enough radiation where you could have a good chance of dieing if you were untreated. so, i think probably the biggest problem with rehooking the electricity right is going to be dealing with the radiation levels that are at these reactors. and so i think 2 is probably a little easier. i think 4 will be easier. three is going to be tough. three is also where they had some problem yesterday. there was some unexpected shaking and vibrations in part of the reactor. and again, the radiation levels remain high. number three is where they we...

Where they had to leave the site for an hour. and the japanese haven't -- although they gave a reading at the site boundary where the public could be, although thank god they're evacuated, but they are -- in one half hour, if you stood there, you would get as much radiation as you'd get in a whole year from what we call background radiation. so it's a very high dose rate. on the site, i assume they're lethal. and that's why they had to evacuate during this very intense period. >> and david, you have indicated you believe that we will pick up levels of radiation here in the u.s. soon. but those...

For social or psychological reasons they don't like being exposed to that exposure if you will. is this something we're more serious than we should be worried about or less serious? what i'm hearing from you in the beginning is perhaps this is a serious thing to worry about. tell me how you read it right now? what's going on in japan? should we be worried about it? we americans? >> i think we need more figures. you know, looking at the data and i had just in front of me here the international atomic energy agency announcement this morning and they mentioned based on what japanese data were tha...

A problem if spent fuel at that site becomes exposed. let me ask you about the threat to people. what is it -- let me get really basic here. the threat to human bodies of radiation. what is it? >> it damages -- in large doses, it can cause sickness. it's called radiation sickness. you can damage the blood. you can vomit and in larger doses you can actually die and so you have to be very careful to reduce the risk and that's really what the workers face. that's why the site was evacuated. the dose rate got so high yesterday that it wasn't safe to stay there and so only essential personnel were ...

We went to shoe stores and you could stick your feet into one thing and you get an x-ray. it was casual. then we got to the point where doctors go fleeing from the office or dentist the minute the x-ray goes on. wait a minute. this must be serious business. there are people today who are really concerned about going through the airport a lot. for social or psychological reasons they don't like being exposed to that exposure if you will. is this something we're more serious than we should be worried about or less serious? what i'm hearing from you in the beginning is perhaps this is a serious t...