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Them. they are hot. they are also radio actively hot, too. once those things at three mile island were not being cooled by water, once they heated to a couple thousand degrees fahrenhehd, the metal tubes holding the pellets started to breakdown. when the temperature got even hotter, the uranium fuel itself started to meltdown. melting fuel rods like that can release a ton of radioactivity. they are radioactive, that is on purpose. that's how they make nuclear power. when they breakdown, they release it into the atmosphere. they also release hydrogen gas. hydrogen is not radioactive, but it can...

Tubes with pellets of uranium in them. they are hot. they are also radioactively hot, too. once those things at three mile island were not being cooled by water, once they heated to a couple thousand degrees fahrenheit, the metal tubes holding the pellets started to breakdown. when the temperature got even hotter, the uranium fuel itself started to meltdown. melting fuel rods like that can release a ton of radioactivity. they are radioactive, that is on purpose. that's how they make nuclear power. when they breakdown, they release it into the atmosphere. they also release hydrogen gas. hydroge...

Even when we think nuclear risk, like when it's joked about on "the simpsons" with that nuclear plant that looms over everything in springfield, the risk for a reactor is often portrayed, often thought of as a mushroom cloud. infrastructure, the risk is not really a mushroom cloud. there's not a real risk here of a nuclear explosion like you get with a nuclear bomb. a mushroom cloud and all that. the risk here is the release of radioactivity into the environment. and the important issue is how much radioactivity we are talking about. tepco now clarifies that there are just under 1,500 fuel rod...

Once those things at three mile island were not being cooled by water, once they heated to a couple thousand degrees fahrenheit, the metal tubes holding the pellets started to breakdown. when the temperature got even hotter, the uranium fuel itself started to meltdown. melting fuel rods like that can release a ton of radioactivity. they are radioactive, that is on purpose. that's how they make nuclear power. when they breakdown, they release it into the atmosphere. they also release hydrogen gas. hydrogen is not radioactive, but it can be explosive. that's the bad combination, right? seeing ra...

Arrest. back to you, shannon. >> shannon: julie, thank you very much. another fox news alert. more defiance from iran the country continues to build up the nuclear capabilities. the country's first nuclear power plant has just come online. caroline shively is standing by with all the latest in the developments in this interesting ga. hi, caroline. >> reporter: hi to you, shannon. nationwide celebrations in iran today, marking the nuclear power plant coming online. according to iran, they only plan to use it to produce electricity. but critics don't trust the iranian regime, saying with some mo...