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Does 50 miles make sense to you and how does radiation spread over farther distances? >> the radioactivity is attached to dust particles and it's just the movement of the dust particles that tells you how the radioactivity moves. again, as you were alluding to earlier in your show, it's the wind. the two big factors that are going to control what happens is how much radioactivity is released and which way the wind is blowing. it really is good news that we're continuing to have offshore winds, because really the radiation is going to get disbursed when it goes over the ocean. and very little w...

Spread over distance? the obama administration has come forward and said americans should be no closer than 50 miles to this nuclear plant. that is a greater distance than the japanese government has been using the last several days. does 50 miles make sense to you and how does radiation spread over farther distances? >> the radioactivity is actually tached to dust particles and it is the movement of the dust particles that tell you how the radioactivity moves. again, as you were eluding to earlier in the show it is the wind. the two big factors that will control what happens is how much radio...