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Pole on the under pressurized plane i was worried about whether it could do more serious damage or stroke of who knows what else, they kept the plane at very low altitudes so the air crew knew what to do if something had happened to me but luckily, nothing was, it was a fantastic flit. >> she fell ill back on august 27th. she requested several emergency evacuations but was initially denied due to safety risks. but this morning the plane she had been waiting for finally arrived. the us air force c-17 took her from the station in and arca to christ church, new zealand. she has been living in the...

Feet were soaked. they've both been hospitalized. more countries have banned food coming from japan amid fears it's tainted with radiation. taiwan joins singapore, new zealand and the u.s. there's also concern about america's nuclear plants. there are 104 in the u.s. thethose plants. they explain almost 30% of those plants failed to report equipment defects that can pose, quote, substantial safety risks. according to the report, there were 24 such instances in a 10-month period between 2009 and 2010. the inspector general says it prevents regulators to learn about defects that could be croppin...

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Power plants fail to report equipment problems that can pose substantial safety risks. that's in the "wall street journal" today. a nuclear plant worker in tennessee has been charged with lying about plant inspections. given all that, how safe are we here in america? can the nrc, the nuclear regulatory commission keep us safe? we have the president for the institute of energy and environmental research. thank you for joining us, sir, it's great to have an expert on. it's been a lot of concern, and you're one of the great experts in the country. we'd like you to take time. you've watched all of...

Context of the united states because there are new questions obviously being raised. this is reawakening a discussion about the safety of nuclear power. one of our earlier experts made the point that these reactors are the older reactors in the japanese system than the others that were able to essentially take the earthquake without damage. let me ask you about giving extensions. tell me what your concerns were as you watch what's happening in japan about the potential safety risks? >> the 20 year license extensions have been very much a rubber stamp process. very ironically, a day or two befo...