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Out and that affected the cooling system. if they can get the generators attached properly, get those cooling systems into gear, a much better chance of cooling down those reactors and stopping that radiation leaking into the atmosphere. that's absolutely crucial. >> the helicopter shots really show the force of those hydrogen explosions that literally ripped the tops off some of these reactor facilities. as all of this goes ahead, one of the big questions people have is how much radiation is getting out of this plant? and what is the source of that radiation? >> this has been absolutely cruci...

Heating up in this storage pool within one of the rooms of these reactor facilities. when you hear that, how loudly do alarm bells go off and how much does it worsen the situation? >> well, it's something that we have to be very concerned about because the spent fuel has to also be cooled. it's the cooling of the spent fuel is nowhere near as urgent as the reactor, but if something were to happen to cause the spent fuel pool to lose its water, these are pools that are several stories above ground and are not under the containment -- the big, thick, heavy reactor containment that you have with ...