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Reminded member states of a number of very clear points that must never be compromised if one is to ensure safety and security at any nuclear facility, be it a reactor or any other. the first one of this was the physical integrity, whether it is a reactor, as i said, a fuel pond, radioactive waste storage, everything. the second point that i mentioned to the board was that all safety and security systems at these places must be maintained in operation. the third point i indicated was that staff needed to be able to fulfill their activities normally. the fourth is that there should

>> yes literally electrical power. ukraine and definitely depends on nuclear generated electricity for a large share of its total power. and just like the russians aid to take over strategically important roads and villages and that sort of thing, they are going after the power plants because then they will control the energy flow within the country. and then it will be very difficult to get energy unless they agree to allow that to happen. but their first attempts, was nearly a disaster when they had shown link that caused a fire near that nuclear power plants. clearly despite months of prepa...

Explosion is still a possibility. michio kaku is from the university of new york, and author of physics of the future, how science will shape human destiny and i guess we're getting a good taste of this, because it's certainly affecting the way we're thinking ahead, michio. why do you think an explosion is still possible here at this plant? >> we had two setback, first of all the spent fuel pond is bailing -- boiling, the zir conum cloud interacts with water and israels energy like fireworks, talking about roman candles blasting off the fuel pond in a hide again -- hydrogen gas explosion. >> i...

Excuse me, in the fuel pond, they did not say how much water nor did they say whether or not the pods were exposed. what do you make of that, jim? >> well, i think actions speak louder than words. so if we're at the point now where we have helicopters who are throwing water at both -- at reactor four's spent fuel pod and also number three, which the iaea has highlighted as being a second separate problem with respect to the nuclear waste being stored outside of the reactor, then if they're doing that, that means they're worried. if you're forced to the point where you have to do this, that ind...

Evolutions that need to be done are occurring by dispatching operators into the plant, by using radios to coordinate action and even under the best of circumstances, this would be an extraordinarily difficult environment. the potential for more hydrogen explosions and steam releases, very, very, very aggressive radiological and industrial safety conditions, really these people, we can't overstate what they're overcoming to keep us all safe, as you suggested. >> tepco, which is now giving a press conference, says, and i just received this information, that there is water in reactor number four....