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To have a complete meltdown would then release radiation that is more severe. this is part of the issues that you were talking about in terms of the cover-up? >> well, we have 40 tons of plutonium in japan. and we are trying to add eight tons every year. with having a fast breather reactor, having plutonium doesn't make much sense. that's what i've been criticizing for 15 years. about the safety of the mark fuel, you have to ask the scientist. i'm not in position to comment on it. >> all right, mr. kono, again, thank you very much for joining us. as we said, we wish only the best in resolving ...

Also the nuclear regulatory commission today sent a notice to all u.s. nuclear plants explaining how the quake and tsunami disabled the japanese reactors' cooling system and asking u.s. plants to review their emergency plans. on that point let's take a closer look. where are the reactors in the united states? 104 commercial reactors in all, and they are spread across the country. you see them here. any state in green has nuclear power. now, you see the reactors. they run from coast to coast. more in the east. the state that has the most, that is the state of illinois. let me pop this out and y...

The mark-1 general electric reactor, it is an old plant, these are 40 years old and the -- face the worst environmental disasters we could imagine and, it shows the inherent danger of nuclear power and we are very concerned and it looks to be a very dire situation. i am losing hope as time goes by. martha: let's talk about the possible options in front of them, right now, they continue to drop water from the helicopters, but, more and more people are discussing the chernobyl option as it has been labeled. which is to go in there with some kind of concrete cap or dumping concrete and sandbags o...

>> the knife came from my suspect's storage facility. >> bill: suspect is o.j. simpson's son, jason, correct? >> that's correct. he was 24 at the time. 5'11", 235 and on probation for assaulting his previous employer with a knife. >> bill: so you went to his storage facility and how did you get the knife? >> it was put up for sale. we had been watching it we knew he had items stored in that facility. so when he failed to pay the rent, we were ready and somebody bought it we bought it back from them. and that's how we acquired the knife. that's why we also acquired the picture of him wearing th...

Westing house and ge are safer than the earlier designs, and that was a mark-1 and that was a very early design and the newer reactors, being designed now -- >> chris: 23 of our reactors are mark-1s. >> again going to that point there were already safety upgrades in those reactors, and, there will continue to be in all of the existing reactors if it is warrant. >> chris: the nuclear regulatory commission has called for a 50 mile evacuation zone around the reactor in japan. but, in new york state, more than 21 million americans live that close to the indian point plant we're looking at here, wh...