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Best scenario, you have relatively low amounts of steam. no steam explosions and blows out to the ocean. even that isn't that pretty. >> what level earthquake were these nuclear plants built to withstand? >> they were built to withstand something i think lower than what they got. again, they came through the earthquake okay. had it just been the earthquake and backup systems diesel engines kicked in, you wouldn't be facing this today. >> but built at sea level. >> they were all built at sea level and worst yet, backup diesel engines were put behind the seawall but down low. as soon as the tsun...

Something worse could happen and we saw a preview of that. the international atomic energy agency reported yesterday based on japanese information there was a fire in the spent fuel ponds at unit four. there you can have radiation material directly into the atmosphere. there's also been a worry that if they don't cool the reactor that you could have a meltdown. there's been a partial melting of fuel according to most observers and experts and that that could become worse and if in the very worst case it could actually go through the bottom of the reactor and then there can actually be steam ex...

Accident that's less although i would say more significant than three mile island. you've had a slow bleeding of radiation into the environment and that's being picked up in various parts of japan. and you have a risk that something worse could happen and we saw a preview of that. the international atomic energy agency reported yesterday based on japanese information there was a fire in the spent fuel ponds at unit 4. there you can have radiation material directly into the atmosphere. there's also been a worry that if they don't cool the reactor that you could have a meltdown. there's been a p...