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Pressure cookers. they're very high pressure and very difficult to inject water into them. that's the main problem until a couple of days ago. the spent fuel pools are open. there is no problem in getting water to them if you do it at the right time and with the right tools. so it's two different problems. what i believe they're saying is, there's a potential for these pools to run dry and it creates an intense radiation source at the plant. that doesn't mean there is contamination. there are two types of radiation hazards. one is right at the plant, where the core is, the spent fuel is. that ...

Limit people's exposure to radiation in japan, there were warnings today that accompanied the latest forecasts there for rain or snow in parts of that country. on japanese television, people who live near the fukushima reactors were warned to keep their bodies covered up, to not let rain or snow touch their skin. there are really three things to consider about the way radiation is moving around japan. one is, of course, just how much of it there is. there is just concern for the sheer amount of radiation that ends up in the atmosphere, that's why everybody is still focused on what happening at...

Quantitatively or qualitatively new concern today? is that potentially a worse radiation source in terms of human exposure than what we've already been worried about for the past few days? joining us now, arnold gunderson, an executive from the nuclear industry turned safety watchdog. he worked on clean number at three mile island and on the class action lawsuit resulting from that disaster in the 1990s. mr. gunderson, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> are these latest leaks associated with this number four reactor potentially more dangerous than the leaks from the other...

Spent fuel rods a quantitatively or qualitatively new concern today? is that potentially a worse radiation source in terms of human exposure than what we've already been worried about the past few days? joining us now, arnold gunneder son, an executive from the nuclear industry turned safety watchdog. worked on three mile island cleanup and on the class action lawsuit resulting from that disaster in the 1990s. mr. gunneder son, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> are the leaks associated with this reactor potentially more dangerous than the leaks from the other three shut ...

About preventing significant exposure. out of desire to limit exposure to radiation in japan, there were warnings today that accompanied the latest forecasts there for rain or snow in parts of the country. on japanese television, people that live near the reactors were warned to keep bodies covered up, not let rain or snow touch their skin. there are three things to consider about the way radiation is moving around japan. one is of course just how much of it there is. just concern for the sheer amount of radiation that ends up in the atmosphere, that's why everybody is so focused on what is st...