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That there has been a hydrogen explosion in this unit, due to uncovering of the fuel in the fuel pool. we believe secondary containment has been destroyed, and there is no water in the spent fuel pool. and we believe radiation levels are extremely high. >> if the chairman is right, there would be nothing to stop the fuel rods from heating and ultimately melting down. japanese officials have denied there is no water in pool four, adding that the growing concern over conflicting reports and recommendations coming from the u.s. and japan. >> we all have watched on television and read about the da...

More radioactive material will be squeezed out of the pellets, mostly in the form of cesium 137, which would be a gas at those temperatures. so if the fuel pool has gone dry, that would be a very hard condition to reverse. >> is there at that point a risk of fire or explosion and do either of those matter at that point? >> well, there would be presumably a fire, because the metal around the fuel rods, which is zirconium will burn once it reaches a certain ignition temperature. so there could be a zirconium fed fire that would only serve to increase heat up of the rods and accelerate radioactiv...

That questioned it. the officials from the international atomic energy agency based in vienna, the u.n. atomic watchdog have questioned just how good the information is that's coming out, and the head of the nrc, gregory jazko did not back down from his claim that there is no water in the spent fuel pool at reactor number 4. he says his staff -- he is talking to his staff in tokyo and they are talking to experts in japan's nuclear industry, and he did acknowledge the disagreement with japanese authorities, but he said he stands by his information. he also added that he hopes his information is...

>> and given your experience covering these kinds of environmental disasters, how would you rate the credibility of the various players and where would you point us in terms of paying attention for the highest credibility information coming out? >> well, i mean, look, you know, i'll be honest with you. i covered bp, the bp oil spill, and this whole situation the way it has unfolded reminded me an awful lot of the crisis in the gulf. at first, they are always telling you, you know, nothing's wrong, we've got it under control. then day after day it becomes more and more clear that they don't hav...

I covered bp, the bp oil spill, and this whole situation the way it has unfolded reminded me an awful lot of the crisis in the gulf. at first, they are always telling you, you know, nothing's wrong, we've got it under control. then day after day it becomes more and more clear that they don't have it under control. i mean, clearly if you don't have water in a spent fuel pool, that's a really big problem, and even just even tonight, the iaea released data about the temperatures in the spent fuel pools at units 4, 5, and 6, and you can see that they are increasing. and that's a real problem becau...