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There are dozens of other ones. cesium probably the one to be most concerned of. >> why? >> because of the chemical nature it exposes the whole body. iodine only exposes the thyroid, strontium is a bone seeker, only exposes bone. seizure yum exposes the whole body. >> in terms of what you know so far about the radioactive steam release and the evacuation area and the number of people exposed so far, do you expect that this is going to be an event that effects a large geographic number of people in terms of important radioactive exposure or is it likely to be confined to people in the immediate...

Of radio ice toeps, those are the two common ones, but there is another thats a bone seeker, goes to the bone. there are dozens of other ones. cez ium probably the one to be most concerned of. >> why? >> because of the chemical nature t exposes the whole body. iodine only exposes the thyroid, stran tee up is a bone seeker, only exposes bone. seizure yum exposes the whole body. >> in terms of what you know so far about the radioactive steam release and the evacuation area and the number of people exposed so far, do you expect that this is going to be an event that effects a large geographic num...

Nature it exposes the whole body. iodine only exposes the thyroid, strontium is a bone seeker, only exposes bone. seizure yum exposes the whole body. >> in terms of what you know so far about the radioactive steam release and the evacuation area and the number of people exposed so far, do you expect that this is going to be an event that effects a large geographic number of people in terms of important radioactive exposure or is it likely to be confined to people in the immediate area around the reactors? >> there are two populations. there is the population inside the reactor, folks working a...

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...

Back, but when you look at that video, those pictures, and you see all of this smoke and you realize what happened and the evacuation and now the concern for the people in the surrounding area, if that wasn't surprised to take place, kt, why did it? >> well, one of the directors i talked to said that the steam release, that happens all the time. that's not necessarily a bad thing. it just depends how much radioactivity was released with it. that we don't know. because as adam just pointed out, there's nobody there, we can't get there, that's where the bulk of the damage was from the earthquake...