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Taken. the rogue nation warns temperature end all nonaggression acts with south korea after the u.n. placed new sanctions on the north after it threatened a possible preemptive nuclear attack on the u.s.. tokyo electric power is struggling to stop ground water flooding at its damaged fukushima plant. the earthquake and tsunami two years ago caused the worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl. damage at the plant might delay the removal of melteded uranium fuel by four years. facebook's latest facebook is bleet. if you haven't seen the changes to the news feed, it's supposed to reduce clutter...

And "titanic 3d" which by the way does not end well. >> days before nuclear talks with iran, the white house is stepping up the pressure calling for iran to immediately close one of its nuclear facilities and halt the production of uranium fuel. president obama saying this is iran's last chance to calm nuclear tensions. in the midst of the campaign re-election, do these things really matter? does his words really matter? is it just political rhetoric? joining us is former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, ambassador bolton. are you optimistic anything will happen in turkey with these late...

Undergoes the first process that heats the water. >> in the massive turbine room. 2,000 mega was of power is generated. after six years of use, the uranium fuel is transferred to spent fuel pool. the pools are built into bedrock with walls made of steel reinforced concrete. all of the spent fuel that's been used at units three since 1976 is in that spent fuel pool. which is under about 25 feet of water. it not only helps keep the fuel cool, but also provides protection from harmful radiation. >> this pool is actually at capacity. so in the next year, we plan on taking out the oldest fuel and t...

Are just under 1,500 fuel rod assemblies in all the reactors at daiichi. fuel rods are what hold the uranium fuel that releases radioactive gunk into the atmosphere if those fuel rods are damaged. each fuel rod assembly holds about 380 pounds of uranium. so if you do the math, that means in total the risk we are talking about here is just over a half million pounds of uranium in the reactors. about 260 metric tons of uranium fuel at risk of dumping radioactivity into the environment in japan. but wait. there's more. beyond just what is in the reactors there's also the radioactive fuel that use...

Thinking about this next move which would be to dump sand and dirt, especially filled with particles of boron and lead, things that can absorb neutronsneutrons and cut down on radiation and basically just bury the fuel rods. it is scheduled to take place at reactor two on saturday and reactor one on sunday. that's how it's moving along in this battle but it still is -- as we indicated, far from over and it remains an ominous situation. >> there will be progress if they can get that power hooked back up. joining me now, david albright, president of an institution specializing in global power ...