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Boron into these spent fuel ponds at the same time they're trying to get water that would cool it. i think the spent fuel ponds are the most urgent. but we've been surprised, and so you have to worry, have containments been breached in two of the reactors? will more radioactive contamination come out? will there be a meltdown? there's a lot to worry about, unfortunately. >> there is a lot to worry about. and what does it tell you that they had to briefly evacuate the 50 workers who were there, that the efforts to dump more water on, they had to pull back those choppers because of concerns abou...

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 still happening at daiichi. the second concern is which way the wind will blow the radiation. literally, how is the weather going to deliver the radiation around japan or off its coast. the third concern now is not just about the shut down nuclear reactors at daiichi, but also having spent fuel rods e...

Times higher than that before you got into a problem. >> given how much reassurance you're giving us about the situation in japan, i imagine that you're going to completely knock down the threat at all to american population from, say, radiation getting in the jet stream and crossing the pacific ocean to the west coast. >> that is not a feasible situation. however, the dose to the workers is the greatest concern of this whole event. as you move away from a radiation source and emission point, things dilute very, very quickly. and we're quite far from japan. so i would say we don't really have ...

The best. for now, i don't feel any particular worry about being in this particular area. >> eric, thank you. i appreciate that. the citizens of japan and i mentioned that citizens in the united states and up and down the west coast are trying to prepare for the threat of radiation. discovery channel's aton edwards joins me now. he wrote the book "preparedness now." how do you prepare for radiation leaking from a nuclear plant? >> nathere's nothing you can don terms of plant itself, but there's precautionary measures you can take to help to protect you in the event you have an accident nearby,...