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Down nuclear development in this country for 30 years. tell us what happened in pennsylvania and how it compares to what's happening here. >> well, there was a meltdown but it wound up being fairly well contained. there wasn't one death attributable to the meltdown in central pennsylvania. >> even over 30 years. >> even over 30 years. not one death attributable to it. it was contained. that reactser didn't suffer the structural damage the ones in japan did. that reactor was never re-activated. it was basically trashed. >> yes. >> the interesting question, every reactor built in the u.s. was ei...

Tragedy, three mile island in '78 or '79. but you have no carbon foot prin with the nuclear power. it's something we create here. we don't have to go out and fight wars, whether it's with libya or iraq or worry about whether iran is going to use our money to develop nuclear weapons when we buy oil from them. there is really no safe choice right now for energy consumption, is there? >> well, first of all, we should take the oil discussion out of the equation since oil is primarily used to run motor vehicles and not turn our lights on. it's not an issue of oil versus nuclear or oil versus coal. ...

We have been injecting water along with boron and we have been doing this for those two units. >> how vital is it that you keep the water coming in? >> yes. this is the kind of precautionary measure to secure the safety of those units. this is a measure to lower the temperature -- >> it is not precautionary is it? it is absolutely vital. the water is what is keeping it cool? >> that's right. we have been able to inject the water into -- either sea water or pure water into -- inside, so we have been doing it as a precautionary measure. >> how damaged are the cores of the reactors? reactor one, ...

Incident in 1988 where a flight attendant was actually swept out of the plane after a huge hole was -- happened in the skin of the aircraft. >> i think we lost -- >> reporter: it is imperative these investigators find out what happened, though, because this is the work horse of the industry, and the idea of this happening just, you know, makes people very nervous, obviously, because there are thousands of these in the air every day. >> yeah, it's extremely frightening to hear about this. so glad to hear that no one was hurt in the end. ted rowlands, thanks so much, from yuma, arizona. apprecia...

>> and as this unfolds, you have stock markets around the world plunging. japanese stock market down 10%, european markets down all very, very sharply. we'll continue to watch what that means in the united states where stocks here are also expected to open lower. >> and all of this fears of a nuclear crisis in japan and may be founded this morning. there are several new disturbing elements to tell you about. one the prime minister is admitting that radiation levels have reached levels that can "impact human health." what that exactly means, we still don't know this morning. everyone, though, w...