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To which reactor is the problem. in either case, i would expect that the radiation levels would be from release of inert gases from the fuel. >> greta: is there a difference in damage that either could do? whether the 70% uncovered if it now goes down to zero, versus the fuel rods? in the end, does it make a difference if they are completely exposed in the end? >> biggest difference is that inside the reactor building units 1, 2 and 3, you have a pressure vessel and containment bidding. the issue is not whether the fuel has been damaged, we know it has been damaged. the question is, can the ra...

To which reactor is the problem. in either case, i would expect that the radiation levels would be from release of inert gases from the fuel. >> greta: is there a difference in damage that either could do? whether the 70% uncovered if it now goes down to zero, versus the fuel rods? in the end, does it make a difference if they are completely exposed in the end? >> biggest difference is that inside the reactor building units 1, 2 and 3, you have a pressure vessel and containment bidding. the issue is not whether the fuel has been damaged, we know it has been damaged. the question is, can the ra...

Helicopters to pour water into these fuel pools, nobody is quite sure of that. whether they can actually make that happen. it sounds like all of these are absolute hail mary passes to stop the worst from happening. >> anne thompson, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> take care. >> you, too. joining me now is ken bergeron. he did research on an accident simulation in new mexico which is particularly relevant on a night like this. let's talk about reactor 4 again. if it turns out we have a situation as described by our officials and -- would that mean, the fact that we have run out ...

Do you have a sense based on what our officials are saying and the reports coming in how close we are to a worse case scenario. >> with regard to the spent fuel pool it's already there. if you have combustion occurring in a dry spent fuel pool that story would be your stop story regardless of anything else. if it weren't for the other three reactors. it's already very bad. with regard to the three ç reactors, the worse case is that the reactor vessel would melt through and the core material would come out. that's even worse than the fuel fire. >> if that happens -- and we hope, of course, th...

The threat well. are 50 people enough to handle six reactors in distress? >> normally one reactor will have 100. there should be 600 to 700 people on the site. you say ten persons per reactor. no. they must be doing one or two single critical things and i hope one of those is pushing water into that fuel pool. all of the other things that need to be done they've obviously determined that they can't afford the exposure to these 400 or 500 people relieved. by sending people offsite, you can bring them in over the course of the next couple days and manage your dose to the personnel that are on si...