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Given enact tphreufgts in times past. a lot of people -- inaccurate information in times past. >> sean: radiation that causes severe cancer, thyroid, bone cancer, leukemia. i want to go through these reactors within by one. reactor number 1 began leaking radiation if we recall saturday. they vented the air that triggered the explosion there. there's the fear the fuel rods are melting on reactor 1. reactor 2, they did the explosion the day before and the rods similarly overheated and we expect a meltdown in there. reactor number 3, they suffered a hydrogen explosion. that's believed to be melti...

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Slumped to the bottom of the vessel, or it may still be in a disfigured core. but either way, some of the radiation has gotten out. but some of the fuel also has not melted, hence the word partial. >> you know, when we talk about a partial meltdown, though, are there any similarities to what happened in pennsylvania at three mile island? >> yes and no. the most dramatic difference, of course, is that during the three mile island accident, there was no earthquake, there was no tsunami. and as a result, the situation around the plant was very different. there was melted fuel. there was indeed a ...

Ahead. but first, let's go to cnn contributor jim walsh, also from m.i.t. also joining us is cnn's tom forman and michael freelander, a former nuclear plant operator. jim, in terms of the latest developments you're watching, what gives you hope, what gives you pause? >> well, you know, this is the first day out of seven days where the news wasn't worse than the day before. since i am desperately searching for good news, i consider that a victory. every day when i woke up, there was a hydrogen explosion or a fire or problems had spread to another plant. today that did not happen and there was s...

Fact it is more than a crack in the roof of this facility. they are big holes in the walls, have been blown by that hydrogen explosion. >> does that mean with a crack to the roof but also big damage to the walls, does that mean any radiation being emitted from the damaged spent fuel rods is already just being emitted openly to the air? >> pretty much. some of it might play out on the wall to cool, and some of it might be plating out on the walls, but there are big holes that a large fraction of it could escape from. >> can the spent fuel rods at number 4 be made safe? do we know whether the da...