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We have a lot of news out of there and some of it has been promising, and david piper, we want to go over all of that with ken bergeron who worked on simulated nuclear reactor accidents at sandian national labs. good to have you here this morning, ken. good morning to you. you hear that, 1600 times the normal levels, at that kind of mile radius, does that surprise you, given the work you have done? >> no, it doesn't surprise me. that is a result, really, probably the releases that occurred last week, which were substantial and the reading is far less than some of the spectacular readings that ...

My own feeling historically is there's a lot of denial about the need to have truly effective evacuation plans and distribution of potassium eye died to protect against thyroid cancer, the most likely serious consequence of being exposed to radiation, and that still moving forward, the nuclear regulatory commission is looking at, in fact, allowing for the licensing of new nuclear plants on earthquake prone parts of the united states. >> congressman, i am going to put up a graphic of the 50 mile radius around the nuclear power plant closest to new york city. i put up 50 miles because that's wha...

They will not distribute it beyond a ten mile radius. as you point out, we are already evacuating in japan out to 50 mile radius. and the consequence would be that people from ten miles out, the recommendation would be run and run as fast as you can. grab grandma, grab the kids and start running. and i just think it is unrealistic. i think we should give people the prophylactic protection people need to protect their families for thyroid cancer. and to go back now after japan and look at the evacuation plans, to make sure they will be effective. >> the first governor cuomo prevented opening of...

Having serious implications here. in new york, cuomo wants them shut down. obama administration taking no chances to review all the nuclear plants to make sure they are safe. speaking, energy secretary suggested the placement of future plants will depend on the area's population. listen. >> where we site reactors and going forward than where we might have siteed. >> so its game changer? >> any time there is serious accident we have to learn from that. >> julie: but there is deeper concerns living within 50 mile radius of indian plant. the plant lies 30 miles north of

Military channel and author of "15 minutes." welcome. >> good morning. >> and the radiation levels in japan and how dangerous it is for people in that 50 mile radius that the u.s. carved out and us, over here. it was interesting what happened yesterday the japanese raised the permissible radiation level. how convenient. why do that? >>guest: it is doubling the number and it would be far easier for us if we could say there was a clean line on the left side of that lane you are safe and on the right side you would suffer from health consequences. when we double radiation exposure limit we are ju...