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A full-blown meltdown. if the temperature inside the reactor gets hot enough or if it loses water and those fuel rods are not covered in water, they're exposed to air, you can get melting. and if they are completely exposed and that goes on for too long, all the fuel rods can melt and you get a meltdown. there are degrees of this. there may have been some melting. there were reports earlier that even though they were dumping seawater into the reactor, part of the reactor rods were still exposed. we might have had a little melting. that's why some cesium and iodine might have been in the enviro...

Cooling structur structure aroe reactor, the injuries at the site. there has been an evacuation of the immediate area. again, at least 12 miles out. we are told that within about 60 miles it is tough to move around there. what we also have been told by the nuclear agency here in japan is that they pumped seawater into the compartment around the reactor rods to try to avoid that worst case scenario, of course, of the core meltdown. but in fact, officials here are reassuring at least to the public that they do have things relatively under control. again, we are about 75 miles down the coast. oth...

Two daysers the damage to the cooling structur structure aroe reactor, the injuries at the site. there has been an evacuation of the immediate area. again, at least 12 miles out. we are told that within about 60 miles it is tough to move around there. what we also have been told by the nuclear agency here in japan is that they pumped seawater into the compartment around the reactor rods to try to avoid that worst case scenario, of course, of the core meltdown. but in fact, officials here are reassuring at least to the public that they do have things relatively under control. again, we are abou...

Two daysers the damage to the cooling structur structure aroe reactor, the injuries at the site. there has been an evacuation of the immediate area. again, at least 12 miles out. we are told that within about 60 miles it is tough to move around there. what we also have been told by the nuclear agency here in japan is that they pumped seawater into the compartment around the reactor rods to try to avoid that worst case scenario, of course, of the core meltdown. but in fact, officials here are reassuring at least to the public that they do have things relatively under control. again, we are abou...

President of the plowshares fund joins me from washington. let's talk, if you can, about this cesium which has apparently leaked from this plant. what is it and how concerned should we be about it? >> cesium is a highly radioactive element that is produced in the fuel rods during the fission reactions. so while the fuel rods are in the reactor producing heat. and it was released in the atmosphere during the controlled steam release earlier today and late last night. and that was the sign that something was wrong with the reactor rods. because the cesium could only be released if the water leve...