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Update there. jeff marefeld is a former nrc commissioner, he has returned from japan and he has visited half of all the nuclear plants in the world. jeff, i understand you've actually visited fukushima in the past. >> yes, i have. i was there some years ago. >> so given what we know about the desperate measures they have had to take so far to contain the cracks, to stop the highly radioactive water from leaking into the ocean, how much potential damage could a 7.1 earthquake do, and really interfere now with the efforts they're making there? >> they're assessing that right now. immediately, th...

Shakes loose those temporary plugs? >> that's certainly plausible. one of the things they were trying to pour into those cracks was a -- what has been described a liquid gas material that solidifies and keeps that from coming out. certainly they have to look at that to see if there have been some cracks or fissures in the material to see if the water will be discharged. that's something they have to look at pretty carefully. >> jeff, we're keeping our eye on the reports coming in to us from japan. we'll certainly keep a close eye on the fukushima plant, as well. thank you for your help on that...