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Reactor. we hope that is the case. another report says that the ceiling of the reactor building has collapsed. that is what the explosion was. whatever it is, it is causing problems for those people who are trying to bring the reactor core under control. we know what the situation is. there are at least, there is some damage and some of the core has been exposed to air and the coolant level has fallen. and there has been a release of radio activity that could only come from the reactor. they are trying to prevent a meltdown. this is already right now the second worst nuclear accident if histor...

Nuclear reacted or hydrogen and oxygen explosion, what needs to happen to contain this? are we looking at a major nuclear fallout? >> yes. yes. yes. the best-case-scenario is there is no structural damage to the reactor building itself. and you can restore power and restore coolant which is water, purified water and cover the reactor core again and bring it under control and keep it that way for several days. but the problem is, the power has not yet opinion restored and the coolant levels have fallen and there could be structural damage to thing preventing you from getting a cereal in the rea...

Point. the loss of the containment building is a very serious matter. i mean, they were trying for the past, what, 12 hours, more than that to vent radioactive steam to prevent a catastrophic breach of the week old containment building. they didn't have a catastrophic breach, they had a catastrophic loss of the containment building. the walls were blown off and roof blown off. we're not sure what the statues of the reactor core is, and the high level radioactive waste is. that pool is located outside of the containment and the containment exploded and disappeared. >> neil: when the containment...

They appear to have supplies of that. they seem to be having trouble getting it into the reactor. it appears to be a problem of the pumps, of the valves being able to get enough of that water, that coolant water into the reactor core itself. there hasn't been a complete explanation from the authorities about why that's happening. but that does seem to be what's happening. >> this is a country, japan, that has always prided itself on being prepared for earthquakes, being prepared for tsunamis. what is japan's reputation when it comes to nuclear power plants and preparation for these kinds of ca...

Is been hydrogen in the reactor core. we understand, as well, hour, you do have a robust containment structure surrounding that and that would be a couple feet of concrete and steel reinforced rebar in that so that structure is still intact as we understand. so the defense at that facility is doing what it needs to do which is to assure even in a serious situation potentially you could say worst case scenario that public health and safety is still being maintained. >> here is what we understand from reuters, government officials are distributing iodine to the people arod the facility, the nucl...