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Gunther. paul, what do you read the danger level of the situation at the plant as of now? >> it is unparalleled. you know, i think that one thing people should understand is that the inventory of radioactive material we counted is there are 1700 metric tons of irradiated fuel sitting in the roof top storage ponds at the six reactors. we are quite concerned that first of all, the cooling systems have been lost to those pools, and they are outside the containment. and we are seeing the danger of fire and explosions. there is an explosion in unit 4 that blew a ceiling in the wall and cracked a ho...

Danger level of the situation at the plant as of now? >> it is unparalleled. you know, i think that one thing people should understand is that material we counted is there are 1700 metric tons of irradiated fuel sitting in the roof top storage ponds at the six reactors. we are quite concerned that first of all, the cooling systems have been lost to those pools, and they are outside the containment. and we are seeing the danger of fire and explosions. there is an explosion in unit 4 that blew a ceiling in the wall and cracked a hole in the wall, and these are all indications that all six fuel p...

Licensing the same fukushima-style design here in the united states in 1972. this containment is not a quality product according to the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission. what worries us most is that on top of the roof of these reactors, in the pools, are storage ponds for nuclear waste. fukushima and those three reactors have 200 tons of nuclear waste that is sitting up there on top of the radioactive inventory in the reactors, tremendous amount of radioactive inventory that if blasted by fire or explosion, it has very severe consequences. >>neil: to say nothing of the 5,000-degree concentra...