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>> they keep saying that the thing is stable. that's like saying you're hanging on your fingernails and saying it's stable, stable, every six hours it gets worse. if i was the prime minister, i would put the air force on standby, get the helicopters in case they have to exercise the chernobyl option. >> summer are saying it's too earlier. last approach they're employing at the moment, there's these pumps that exist in the area, i don't know the exact location, but bringing emergency pumps, and they're trying to get power lines to them right now. will that be enough to try to cool off reactor t...

That continues to be produced. it tails off, but it's substantial and it's enough to melt the fuel rods unless you have got water in there. they lost power from outside which is necessary to power the emergency pumps. and normally you would go onto the diesel generators. these also got knocked out as i understand it because they lost their fuel supply. the fuel tanks -- the diesel generators were hardens, but fuel tanks are exposed. the tsunami wiped them away. they couldn't pump water and gradually the water evaporated and the level of water went down and the fuel rods got exposed. the strong...