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But remember the initial levels are very low. they are set very low. so when they raise them they are not raising them to extraordinary levels. the numbers i have seen coming out of japan in the sense of radiation numbers are not really levels that would do you harm unless you were in there for some period of time. and they drop right back off. when they release the pressure notice reactor vessel. they release some of the radiation that comes from the fuel damage. i don't prefer meltdown. i prefer some of the fuel is melting. there is no doubt. that's how you get releases. but a lot of them ar...

Are happening there could happen without partial significant fuel damage, the hydrogen explosions and the release of radioactive materials, and i think on unit two it appears there has been a major break of some kind in the reactor containment system and that is where some of the releases are coming from. >>neil: thank you very much for taking the time. and now, tokyo electric is their promises thinking they are close to restoring power at fukushima and that would mean they could resume the cooling process. so, they think they have a handle on this and we wanted you to hear both sides. does he...

Diesels kicked on and cooling the core and doing what they needed to do to keep the reactor under control. we think the tsunami then caused more damage and cut off their ability to continue to cool the core. so the reactor shut down safely. they did get cooling going then they lost about it an hour later. >> explain complete meltdown versus partial meltdown and how much fear do you have watching this that we're is going to see a complete meltdown? >> what you're talking about is fuel damage. as the fuel gets damaged it gets hotter and hotter and you melt some of the fuel. at three mile island ...

Diesels kicked on and cooling the core and doing what they needed to do to keep the reactor under control. we think the tsunami then caused more damage and cut off their ability to continue to cool the core. so the reactor shut down safely. they did get cooling going then they lost about it an hour later. >> explain complete meltdown versus partial meltdown and how much fear do you have watching this that we're is going to see a complete meltdown? >> what you're talking about is fuel damage. as the fuel gets damaged it gets hotter and hotter and you melt some of the fuel. at three mile island ...

Workers at fukushima are doing to protect the people offsite. to your question specifically, actually after the earthquake it appeared like everything should and the diesels kicked on and cooling the core and doing what they needed to do to keep the reactor under control and get to safe shutdown. we think the tsunami then caused more damage and cut off their ability to continue to cool the core. so the reactor shut down safely. they did get cooling going then they lost about it an hour later. >> explain complete meltdown versus partial meltdown and how much fear do you have watching this that ...