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Context of the united states because there are new questions obviously being raised. this is reawakening a discussion about the safety of nuclear power. one of our earlier experts made the point that these reactors are the older reactors in the japanese system than the others that were able to essentially take the earthquake without damage. let me ask you about giving extensions. tell me what your concerns were as you watch what's happening in japan about the potential safety risks? >> the 20 year license extensions have been very much a rubber stamp process. very ironically, a day or two befo...

We have reactors in california, in particular, that are in earthquake zones that are well known to have had earthquakes and the geologists are predicting there will be more and perhaps even larger quakes to come. so, i think it's -- these are reactors that are now in the process of pursuing their license extensions and i think we should put a halt to that process and take a hard look at whether we really should be having these plants operate in these earthquake zones, because what we had assumed was not probable is no longer an abstract issue. >> listen, thank you for teaching me and our audie...