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The land where it can be absorbed into ground water, into vegetables, it can be exposed to human beings. do you want this to happen? no. but better out there than on land. >> michael, some of the other big news today. there are these containment structures around the core. and the concern seems to be one of the -- that there's a breach of the containment structure allowing radioactive material from the core to leak out. it could have happened when the hydrogen explosions were occurring. but what does this mean to you? does this make it more likely that's going to be difficult to bring this sit...

Hydrogen explosions were occurring. but what does this mean to you? does this make it more likely that's going to be difficult to bring this situation under control? >> yeah. a couple points. number one, we have a relatively high degree of certainty now, given the events of the last couple of weeks, that the reactor fuel pins themselves to a greater or lesser degree, have been compromised. we don't know exactly the nature, but we know that much of the radioactive iodine, as jim walsh was mentioning, indeed has come from those fuel pins that were breached over the events of the last two weeks. ...

Do you want this to happen? no. but better out there than on land. >> michael, some of the other big news today. there are these containment structures around the core. and the concern seems to be one of the -- there's a breach of the containment structure allowing radioactive material from the core to leak out. it could have happened when the hydrogen explosions were occurring. but what does this mean to you? does this make it more likely that's going to be difficult to bring this situation under control? >> yeah. a couple points. number one, we have a relatively high degree of certainty now,...

Refocused the world's attention on nuclear energy. several hydrogen explosions have occurred at the nuclear power plant in northern japan putting people at risk for radiation poisoning. normally when we think of these hydrogen explosions we think of what you see there on your screen, mixing hydrogen and oxygen together can be highly flammable. so while it's a great form of energy, it can also be very dangerous if not used properly. but we do want to point out that most all of the energy used in this country can be dangerous, including the gasoline you put in your car. so let's talk for a minut...

Chernobyl. can you give me some comparative as to where we are right now if nothing worse happens, the radiation levels stay where they are and go down? how is this as a comparative to other things that have happened? >> clearly it's not a chernobyl. that spewed radiation over ten to 12 days and the radiation effect was over 1200 miles. as a matter of fact the cleanup is still going on today at chernobyl. we haven't had that kind of explosion. the explosions that they have, have been hydrogen explosions and did not involve the fuel itself. that doesn't mean we don't have problems. the fuel fir...