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One of the large pipes in the reactor primary system, and the release, subsequent release of steam and fission products and -- into the containment structure itself. it was -- it had not been considered that this event would cause dynamic loads, say heavy vibrations in the reactor suppression pool that could cause the containment system to fail. >> okay. we'll keep bringing you back to plain english. what you're worried about is this thing is going to lose coolant? like if your car engine loses its coolant you know the engine block will seize up and you're out of luck. the reactors will overhe...

Four reactors there. here's what we know. reactor one exploded saturday, destroying the outer building but leaving the core intact. number two exploded yesterday, damaging steel walls containing the reactor core. an explosion in number three also damaged the containment building. potentially radioactive steam is venting from both of those reactors. and a fire broke out at reactor four today. the worry there is that the spent fuel rods being stored above the core will overheat. with me now, david albright, president of isis which specializes in global nuclear activity. david, it's great to have...