for social or psychological reasons they don t like being exposed to that exposure if you will. is this something we re more serious than we should be worried about or less serious? what i m hearing from you in the beginning is perhaps this is a serious thing to worry about. tell me how you read it right now? what s going on in japan? should we be worried about it? we americans? i think we need more figures. you know, looking at the data and i had just in front of me here the international atomic energy agency announcement this morning and they mentioned based on what japanese data were that the rate, the dose rate that was measured close to the reactor was about 12 milisieverts an hour. that s 2 1/2 times what is allowable for one year of exposure, in one hour. maybe at 6:00 in the morning, six hours later they announced
a problem if spent fuel at that site becomes exposed. let me ask you about the threat to people. what is it let me get really basic here. the threat to human bodies of radiation. what is it? it damages in large doses, it can cause sickness. it s called radiation sickness. you can damage the blood. you can vomit and in larger doses you can actually die and so you have to be very careful to reduce the risk and that s really what the workers face. that s why the site was evacuated. the dose rate got so high yesterday that it wasn t safe to stay there and so only essential personnel were kept there. less radiation goes out to the public outside of the site and there s an evacuation zone but the problem that the public is going to face over time is the radiation that s been emitted
we went to shoe stores and you could stick your feet into one thing and you get an x-ray. it was casual. then we got to the point where doctors go fleeing from the office or dentist the minute the x-ray goes on. wait a minute. this must be serious business. there are people today who are really concerned about going through the airport a lot. for social or psychological reasons they don t like being exposed to that exposure if you will. is this something we re more serious than we should be worried about or less serious? what i m hearing from you in the beginning is perhaps this is a serious thing to worry about. tell me how you read it right now? what s going on in japan? should we be worried about it? we americans? i think we need more figures. you know, looking at the data and i had just in front of me here the international atomic energy agency announcement this morning and they mentioned based on what japanese data were that the rate, the dose rate that was measured close to the
thing and you get an x-ray. it was casual. then we got to the point where doctors go fleeing from the office or dentist the minute the x-ray goes on. wait a minute. this must be serious business. there are people today who are really concerned about going through the airport a lot. for social or psychological reasons they don t like being exposed to that exposure if you will. is this something we re more serious than we should be worried about or less serious? what i m hearing from you in the beginning is perhaps this is a serious thing to worry about. tell me how you read it right now? what s going on in japan? should we be worried about it? we americans? i think we need more figures. you know, looking at the data and i had just in front of me here the international atomic energy agency announcement this morning and they mentioned based on what japanese data were that the rate, the dose rate that was measured close to the reactor was about 12 milisieverts an
containment vessel. containers are crucial in maintaining safety of the fuel. a breach raises the prospect of a full-blown meltdown. a fire broke out at reactor number 4 today, and could become a problem if spent fuel at that site becomes exposed. let me ask you about the threat to people. what is it let me get really basic here. the threat to human bodies of radiation. what is it? it damages in large doses, it can cause sickness. it s called radiation sickness. you can damage the blood. you can vomit and in larger doses you can actually die and so you have to be very careful to reduce the risk and that s really what the workers face. that s why the site was evacuated. the dose rate got so high yesterday that it wasn t safe to stay there and so only essential