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Broken, certainly some has oxidized and left. but when people throw around the term fuel melt, people get sort of this apocalyptic scenario where are there pools and molten fuel laying on the bottom. and we can categorically say that is not the case. there are potentially some pellets laying around that potentially fuse together because they got hot but every indication is that we have, it is that, indeed, the fuel got hot. but it, in fact, did not melt. so that was a good thing. i think some the new designs tend to be more robust relative to operator error and a little bit more -- more robust...

Seven weeks ago, two girls injured when a bounce house was blown from a backyard into a neighbor's house. chad, good to have you here. we see these dust devils and we don't think they are that dangerous. >> they can be 60 miles an hour. it's not a tornado. not attached to a big cloud bringing it down. but enough in itself to lift those things up. people rent these things and you need to make sure that there are some sandbags and all that. i know you think it's okay, but just a bunch of air. >> that's what happens sometimes. it's not the case here, but some operator error. you don't make sure t...

Off location. that happened twice in those years. in 2007, it was operator error. >> operator error. >> the operator who runs the dynamic positioning system actually inputted the wrong data, had corrupted data and pushed it off location. >> are there upgrades? department of interior is bragging there have been safety upgrades. you and i have talked about whether or not you can do better inspections of your lead parachute, as i put it before. but are there upgrades that could be made to a blowout preventer like this one that would make it less like the deepwater horizon, that would make it more...

Has the same preventers, cameron ones on top and bottom. only difference it has one more ram for a little more redundancy than the deepwater horizon. >> one change. other than that, pretty much the same. >> control system is the same, everything else is the same. >> do we know anything about this drill ship's safety record? >> it is interesting. this drill ship received mms, predecessor to bme, mre safety in 2005. we found it had emergency riser disconnects three times, once in 2002, once in 2004, and again in 2007. the 2002 and 2004 incidents were caused by weather. this is a dynamically posi...

Has the same preventers, cameron ones on top and bottom. only difference it has one more ram for a little more redundancy than the deepwater horizon. >> one change. other than that, pretty much the same. >> control system is the same, everything else is the same. >> do we know anything about this drill ship's safety record? >> it is interesting. this drill ship received mms, predecessor to bme, mre safety ou ihaemy is dionctthe me oe 2002, once in 2004, and again in 2007. the 2002 and 2004 incidents were caused by weather. this is a dynamically positioned ship held in place by gps and thruster...