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There. the developments are still happening sort of fast and furious in japan. this crisis is not over. joining us to help us understand is a senior scientist at the union of concerned scientists and join us here in studio. first i have to ask you as i do regularly, did i get anything wrong? >> sounded good to me. >> it's always bad news wlfr s r i ask you that. people in need of shelter is the immediate concern. in terms of radiation risk, if rain and snow is a means of concentrated doses and diffuse radiation s there an increased hazard from bad weather? >> depends where the rain falls and t...

>> that's what most the experts are saying. right, philip, that's what most of the experts are saying that when you pour seawater in with all of the elements there that you cannot thus reactor. it's not salvageable again. i do want to ask you about the weather because we did speaking a resident on cnn who said that he's concerned about rain. because radiation is already in the air. if it rains a significant amount, does that pose any more danger to residents, say in tokyo? >> it depends on where the radiation is blown. if the radiation is blown out to sea, that is to say by the winds that is t...

We did speak with a resident, he's concerned about rain because radiation is already in the air. if it rains, a significant amount, does that pose any more danger to residents, say in tokyo? >> it depends where the radiation is blown. if the radiation is blown out to sea, that is to say by the winds, that is the safest, as far as human beings are concerned. but if it is blown over populated areas and then the rain falls, that means that the radiation is no longer in the air, it's falling on top of people and it's falling on the ground, and so the radioactivity is then beingen gues ee ingeste d...

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