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Have no long-term solution and no interim solution. those are the two issues i think people are most focused on the u.s. plants. >> let's come back to the design of the plants in the united states. again, we don't want anybody to get overly concerned although there are folks who are i suppose, this issue of having the spent fuel ponds outside the containment vessel, is that part of the design feesh feature here? i know we've got 23 mark 1s, so are you telling us in those pools, as well, the spent rods are not under some protective containment vessel that would contain any radiation if some -- ...

Remember, and the whole of the northeast went out. so there is huge concern when you've got an already vulnerable design that's severely corodded, a very old plant that's been bombarded for year. it's 40 years old, and then loss of power, you're in trouble very quickly. >> can human error also cause this level of problems? i know that's what happened in chernobyl, but do we have enough safeguards in the u.s. where human error wouldn't be an issue? >> there's nothing that you can invent to counteract the possibility of human error. that's always on the cards. there can be a mechanical failure, ...

But i am concerned about the mark 1s in particular and the ability to contain radiation in this event. >> dr. lymon, you have helped me understand this better and you have not set my mind at ease at all. but thank you for helping us explain it. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> you look at the devastation caused in japan, and it makes you realize how huge an 8.9 earthquake is. consider that there may be no other country in the world that is better prepared for earthquakes than japan is. what happened to japan is horrific and it is still unfolding, and the reasons why it wasn't an even bigger disa...