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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110318:08:01:00

we ve got a big update for you this hour on what is going on in democratic politics, where the fight in the states is changing the whole landscape for democrats nationally, changing it in their favor. and we ve got the latest on libya, where gadhafi is trying to use definitive military force to stop the uprising against him and the international community, including the united states today, moving for the first time to intervene to stop him. are you ready for yet another war in the middle east? well, we ve got updates on all of that ahead in this hour. but we start with japan, where i do actually have some good news to give you. or at least some potentially good news. a way to imagine at least a controlled ending to what is already one of the worst nuclear disasters in world history. there is some good news to give you, but let me start with explaining where we are at today, which is not necessarily good. the company that owns the daiichi plant, tepco, has provided more specific inform

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110318:08:07:00

which could possibly impact the ability to take corrective measures. this is really important. that s the head of the nuclear regulatory commission making the announcement that preceded the u.s. government saying that we think people should evacuate a region even larger than japan had suggested. it s a short statement that he makes here. i m just going to play it one more time for emphasis. we believe that radiation levels are extremely high, which could possibly impact the ability to take corrective measures. which could possibly impact which could possibly impact the ability to take corrective measures. here s how the new york times explained why that is so important, why i think that sound bite was important enough to play twice. i think they said this exactly right, and it s really important. if the american analysis is accurate and emergency crews at the plant have been unable to keep the spent fuel at that inoperative reactor properly cooled, radiation levels could mak

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110318:01:42:15

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110318:04:02:00

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 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

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110318:04:07:00

necessary. they need to do that if for no other reason because they must keep the plant environment safe enough for people to be able to continue to work there. we believe that radiation levels are extremely high. which could possibly impact the ability to take corrective measures. this is really important. that s the head of the nuclear regulatory commission making the announcement that preceded the u.s. government saying that we think people should evacuate a region even larger than japan had suggested. it s a short statement that he makes here. i m just going to play it one more time for emphasis. we believe that radiation levels are extremely high, which could possibly impact the ability to take corrective measures. which could possibly impact which could possibly impact the ability to take corrective measures. here s how the new york times

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