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Radiation. jim walsh and tom foreman also join us. let's start off with you, jim walsh, what do you make of the explosion at reactor number two, for the last couple days we've been talking about reactors one and three. now reactor two an explosion. how serious is this? >> it certainly sounds more serious, anderson. when i first heard about, i thought, oh, this is just the same movie being rerun. we had a hydrogen explosion at unit one? we had a hydrogen explosion at unit three, they put sea water into unit two, this must be a hydrogen explosion. but the press conference that the utility gauge ...

Rods in that number two reactor. and a water level that is dangerously low, keeping the rods from being cooled. it's difficult to say what this means but obviously our thoughts turns to that frightening phrase we heard so often in the last couple days, possible nuclear meltdown. in fact, nhk just reported that the containment vessel, the last defense to prevent a massive leak of radiation, may, in fact, be damaged. scary stuff indeed. let's try and get answers now from our experts and cnn contributor jim walsh of m.i.t. you heard me report this explosion now at the number two reactor. what do ...

Prospect of a hydrogen explosion. what's also worrying is that that contained a pool and in that pool was spent fuel rods. what they're concerned about is that the water may have evaporated and those spent fuel rods may have caught on fire. now, that also led to a spike in radiation around about the same time within the plant. it went to level that we haven't seen before throughout the crisis, levels that the authorities said posed a risk to humans. that was contained within the plant. in the hours since then, the levels have come down when measured just outside the perimeter of the plant. the...

Being damaged in this explosion, this hydrogen explosion. this morning, the suppression chamber is connected to this outer protective layer that you've been talking about. i can also bring you up to date on the situation of trying to cool those reactors. we understand that water is continuing to flow into reactors one, two, and three. they're being described in this news conference we heard from officials as being stable. however, reactors five and six are reading as rising in temperature a little, as well. so a very fluid situation, andrew. >> thanks so much for that stan grant joining us liv...

Plants. let's start off with you, jim walsh, what do you make of the explosion at reactor number two, for the last couple days we've been talking about reactors one and three. now reactor two an explosion. how serious is this? what does this mean? >> it certainly sounds more serious, anderson. when i first heard about, i thought, oh, this is just the same movie being rerun. we had a hydrogen explosion at unit one, we had a hydrogen explosion at unit three. they put sea water today into unit two, this must be a hydrogen explosion. but the press conference that the utility gauge seemed to sugges...