to be taken out. if there is no water heat cannot be taken off and that leads to the heating of the rods, and it can be damaged so it is possible that the fuel rods get damaged and sense there is the roof of reactor seeing damage, this is more leakage of radiation out of the site. >>shepard: it is my understanding that the outer shell of the fuel rods could catch fire, doctor, and that because they are outside a containment dome this could be a very bad situation, indeed, is that everstating it. >>guest: it is a bad situation. that is for sure. and you are correct, if there is ... (inaudible) if the fuel rods over heat they can have a reaction and this could lead to a similar explosion as we saw before on