look at it pace and i kind of look at what the end of the nuclear weapons enterprise of the department of energy is like a millstone and if the department can jettison that and put it where it belongs in the defense department and let them sort of have to come to terms with their rather large expenses of maintaining thousands of nuclear weapons. we have a chance of restructuring the department of energy so it can actually make a meaningful difference in our energy policy so we all share in a new a new and better energy future for america if they would actually become an energy for it and to that point. this year the oil industry which in the united states is actually mostly foreign oil and b.p. and shell absolutely the oil industry is going to get three billion dollars gift from the taxpayers and. how much it's going to renewables. well right now if you look at the energy. the portfolio of the apartment of energy. it's about. five point seven billion something like that. one third the single largest amount is going for nuclear energy and that is because that money goes to department of energy nu

they received half a billion dollar government loan from the department of energy. but in spite of the cash they wanted to close a factory and layoff workers. >> because they had to lay them off, does that make them a bad investment that the government put money in there? >> not at all. time will tell. >> he runs an alternative energy company in san francisco. he is a big supporter of the president's. but he says the government should have based the financial assistance on standards. any company able to meet the standards would get the help. >> it doesn't matter whether you like wage renewable fuel or not. as soon as the government says we like wailing renewable fuel company better than march renewable fuel company, then the public wonders how the decision got made. >> last summer they found the department of energy's loan guarantee program or lgp has treated applicants inconsistently. favoring some and disadvantaging others. they said they went through a competitive transparent three-year loan application process before it received its loan. cylindra says they just

even though the president and i firmly believe that the department of energy will play a critical role in guaranteeing the future prosperity of the united states in its research and development, if we do also recognize that we have to look to gain efficiencies wherever we can, and to streamline what we do, knowing that ultimately the money that we give to universities, off two national laboratories, and to help research in businesses, that is our real job. if the other structures are there to make sure we do this in the most responsible and intelligent ways possible. we'll be working very hard to look at how we can increase those deficiencies. >> well, i support the national laboratories, but i think we ought to begin to reevaluate them in light of the budget, and also because perhaps some of their missions are not quite what they were when they were originally established. if my last question is again of a sensitive nature. we have had repeated security violations at the national laboratory. there have been a number of investigations and special task forces trying to get control of th

of a nuclear energy that the option for seat nuclear power remains open to the nation. by way of concluding the brief comments the earthquake and the result brought tremendous devastation on japan. the department of energy and indeed through active administration we are making every effort to assist the japanese people in their time of need. thank you, and i will try to answer your questions. >> thank you very much. go right ahead. >> members of the committee, good morning. the staff of the nrc is deeply saddened by the tragedy in japan. i and many of my colleagues on this staff have had many years of close professional and personal interaction with our regulatory counterparts in japan and we would like to extend our condolences to them. the nrc is mindful of the primary responsibility is to ensure the adequate protection of the public health and safety of the american people. we've been closely monitoring the activities in japan and reviewing all available information. the review of this information combined with our ongoing inspection and licensing oversight allow us to say with confidence the u.s. plans continue to operate safely. there's been no reduction in the licensing or oversight func

lyons, you have bought both on the point of view of the department of energy, -- you have thoughts both on the point of view of the department of energy, but i would be interested in your view of how to make fuel rod systems safer moving forward. >> senator udall, i was on the nrc as he conducted many of those evaluations extremely carefully with the existing spent fuel pools. using the best information available at the time, both storch systems were deemed to be safe -- both storage systems were deemed to be safe. i look to the review conducted by that nrc -- as bill said, the pools will be part of that review non to whether there will be any suggestions for changes, i will await their work here. i do not have concerns based on the nrc studies to date. >> i know you have an official plan of you, personally, do you have any thoughts on how we might make spent fuel storage rods safer in the future? thinking creatively, thinking as the engineer that i know you are? >> senator udall, i think my comments would say that we should await a review of hte nrc -- of the nrc. we include within our

we have to talk about the role of the department of energy and the role of the epa.ow will we use our authority to bring solutions to american families and work with congress to find additional bipartisan solutions? >> you believe america is still addicted to oil. >> we would agree that america certainly needs to continue producing our oil supplies in the short term. as the president says, we have some steps we need to take. we are going to continue to build on them to decrease the use of oil and resources. we need a long-term plan. as long as we do not have a long-term plan that is legitimate, which will continue to be stuck in these oil price shocks. >> the you believe we need europe to lower the gas prices? >> i believe there is enough consensus today. given the long-term prospects, i think americans realize in the world realizes that given the demand in china, followed by india, most of the automobiles being sold in china will increase demand in the coming decades with the finance -- with the finite resources we have -- this is the way the world is going to be. y

. >> but a spokesman sent us this statement from wesley saying the department of energy loans mentioned in the report were all awarded before i joined the secretary of energy's advisory board. each company went through an open and competitive application process. also mentioned in the report, the fremont company sulindra which received a half a billion dollars government loan from the department of energy. in spite of the cash they were forced to close a factory and lay off workers. >> because they had to lay people off does that necessarily make them a bad investment that the government put money in there? >> not at all. time will tell. >> wade runs an alternative energy in san francisco and he is a big supporter of the president's but says the government should have based the financial assistance on standards. any company able to meet the standards would get the help. >> doesn't matter whether you like waves renewable or. the public starts to wonder how that decision got made. >> last summer, government auditors found that the department of energy's loan guarantee program or lgp has t

government effort to provide additional radiation measurement lovell's to access at the department of energy and other government agencies. we are collecting some of that information, sharing that with the japanese government. guest: and this is through overflights? guest: we are getting any attrition from a variety of sources -- informationi from a variety of sources, department of energy sources. is this and the category of, i could tell you, but then it would have to kill you? we have a variety of different sources. it depends on him as the most reliable information. because of a loss of power to a part of the reactor site, instrumentation is not always available. so it is difficult to obtain accurate information. but we believe there right now the radiation levels at the site are high, but we have some indications they may be coming down. guest: how high are they? guest: again, the information is a little bit uncertain, right now, we have seen indications of radiation levels that are approximately and the tens of rem range per hour. but that is very, very near the site and that would not

department of education. they're asking for an 11% increase when the inflation rate is 2. the department of energy asked for a 9.5% increase. amazingly the department of education came in with a 62% increase in spending. is this the way to bring this country under control? is this what the american people expected when they voted last election and sent a new house of representatives and new senators here? i don't think so. and what do we hear? there will be another vote for fear that we can't reduce spending because the nation will sink into the ocean. i don't think so and the american people don't think so and cities and counties and states are facing these same situations and make tough decisions and being successful at it. so the decision we make on spending could well determine the fate of our nation and our economy. it's that important. it really is. 40% of every dollar we spend today is borrowed. we will spend this fiscal yea year $3.5 trillion, but we only take in $2.2 trillion. did you know that? congress knows that. they're in denial some, but that's the fact. it's indisputable. it's in t

department of energy experts are in japan right now and a that is tracking the radiation from the experts insist there is no risk to anyone in the u.s. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> secretary steven chu testified for several hours today looking into nuclear safety in the united states. two physicists from uc berkeley told the senators that the u.s. remains committed to nuclear power and will learn from the crisis in japan. >>> one lawmaker is calling for a seismic study. pg&e will renew its license even though it does not expire for 12 years. sam blakely holds a doctorate in earthquake census is a new study is crucial since the usgs has identified a previously unknown fault line half a mile from the diablo canon plant. >> hawaiian pharmacies and health food stores are selling out of iodide because they can protect the thyroid gland for a radioactive dye died. >>> freezing temperatures and snow are hampering efforts in japan. the hope of finding more survivors is diminishing. in sendai forecasters called for a high of 40 degrees during the day and temperatures below freezing overni

department of agriculture. resources on the federal outer continental shelf are managed by the bureau of ocean energy management regulation and enforcement in the department of the interior. each of these agencies develops land use plans and resources management plans that determine how and when a federal land and offshore areas are developed. the plan for onshore development seek to accommodate the uses of public land including energy mineral development, grazing, recreational activities, timber harvesting and preservation of wildlife habitat and waterways among others. offshore development and must coexist with the fisheries, shipping, recreational the activities and preservation of marine ecosystems. resource management plans are developed with public input and must comply with the requirements of the national environmental policy act, the endangered species act come here and watervliet to leave the water regulation and several other applicable statutes and regulations. each resource management plan includes a schedule of energy and mineral leases for the planning units. the leases for oil and gas on federal

. >>> the department of energy is monitoring the air for elevated radiation levels. they are not the only agency. we are live in berkeley with that story. >>> the last weekend of winter and it's going to feel like it rain, wind and colder

referred me to a group with the department of energy who referred me to this press release that basically says they don't expect harmful helves of radioactivity. reporting in san francisco, jay arstone, kron4 news. >>> of course, there is much more going on in the japanese crisis besides the threat of a nuclear meltdown. the crews are still sifting through the endless devastation. tonight, the official death toll has climbed to 3,300. thousands more are still missing, and experts say many thousands may never be found. remarkably, two people were rescued from the rubble today. the shortages of food, water, fuel and shelter are mounting, all as people survive another night in the near-freezing temperatures in japan's northeast. and the bank of japan injected $43 billion into financial markets for the third day in order to ease the financial impact of last week's quake. the japanese nike rebounded 6% today but is still down sharply from the last three days of trading. >>> stay with kron4 and www.kron4.com for continuing coverage of the japan quake, and the nuclear meltdown threat. >>> a live

department of energy says there's a 25% that the nation will have a $4 mark during the summer driving season. the national average is currently $3 and to do 2¢ a gallon. california and hawaii in prices are the highest in the nation at $3.92 a gallon on average. in the bay even higher at $3.96 a gallon. to help to battle the soaring fuel prices. our internet reporter is here with a look at a few free mobile gas caps. >>kimberlee: these apps can help you save money and they add up. the first app we have this triple a's trick tech. it's shows a map of all the gas stations in the area and that with the click on any given gas station the prices and directions to the station will opposite as well. it's only available on the i phone and the same goes for the cheap gas at. it displays o list of the stations in the order of lowest prices. while it doesn't give the directions it shows the current location of your phone over the station is. gas buddy, this is the best at and it's available for free an android, windows and i phone. it can be configured to show the list of gas stations closer to y

department of energy to coulomb for these purposes. supervisor chu: thank you. we have a representative from the department of the environment. actually, i think you are with the mayor's office. >> director of climate protection initiatives. i just want to speak briefly on behalf of merely in support of the grant program. 50% or more of our greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. we are doing all we can to get people into biking, walking, public transit. for those people for whom those alternative do not work, we are doing everything began to support alternative fuel vehicles, including electric. this grant, through a federal grant program, will provide the city 47 electrical chargers. city 47 electrical chargers. it will do so in city-owned

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department of energy predicted japan will increase imports of liquified natural gas to meet its energy demands. northern oil and gas added more than 5%. it drills for energy in the rocky mountains. driller nabors industries was up 5%. explorer oceaneering international gained 4%. while the market anticipates better demand for natural gas, it continues punishing shares of uranium miner cameco. the stock dropped another 5% today and has plunged 26% since the japanese earthquake and tsunami. the stock has lost more than a third of its value since its high in the middle of last month. some household tech names were finding buyers. hewlett packard was the best performing dow industrial stock with this 3% gain today. the stock remains well below its february high when it was knocked down by worries over about slower computer sales growth. helping shares today was a credit suisse report rating shares an outperform. that same report also pointed to apple and data storage company e.m.c. as technology leaders. both shares rallied. wireless chip maker qualcomm bounced back some after yesterday's

the department of energy says there is no need to worry. the radiation amounts to less what we encountrier in normal -- encounter in every day life. they collected a tiny number to get far too few to pose any threat to public health. >> earth rain brings down more radiation if it brings it down it can collect. >> this alloy explains why the disaster is not exactly to an explosion that tore open a shell setting it on fire n . japan the metal shells containing the material are like this, hot, but intact. preventing a release of radiation. >>> opponents of nuclear power staged a ralliy. we are live with their concerns and pge&'s reply, john? >> reporter: we are standing outside of oakland city hall. those -- opponents. >> for a very long time folks in japan have been calling to end nuclear power and to have more sustainable and locally controlled energy. we have been calling for that, here. >> reporter: the day started with the second annual power conference. >> there is nothing peaceful about nuclear power. >> reporter: these activists are fo

government of the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct reckless their reckless and there they are they fall the masters of blind the profiteering and human life is worth nothing at this is this is coming back to haunt your parents of this theory that you can cause extinction and increase price rises artificially this is a theme that this globe that we live in must come to terms with because being played out on economies all over the world in the u.s. and the u.k. and all over the industrialized nations the more the big killed slaughter the higher the price is making a few people rich. belgium has set a new record as the country has now been without documents for those two year comes as political parties struggle to reach a compromise of the country's future he's done bushell is in brussels. the fridge parents in florida has all those both cultures so was belgium breaks up he fears for his children's future if. it will be much more than no because all this new zealand should be splits

government of the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct. their reckless and there they are they fall the masters of blind profiteering and human life is worth nothing at this is this is coming back to haunt japan this of this theory that you can cause extinction and increase price rises artificially this is a theme that this global we live in must come to terms with because being played out our economies all over the world in the us in the u.k. in japan all over the industrialized nations the more that they killed slaughter the higher the price is making a few people rich. for some other news making headlines around the world at least a dozen times the yemeni capital after three on the commanders defected to join anti-government protesters. opposed to their side by this time that the political revolt has been in its with this crackdown in recent weeks fifty people killed by government troops of. position. president steps down. at least seventeen people have been injured after a series

. >> reporter: argonne national laboratory near chicago has been studying plug-ins for the department of energy. don hillebrand heads its center for transportation research. he says while the texas grid might be able to handle a crush of e.v.s, other areas might not. >> regions vary, and it depends on what region you're in. some have more capacity than they need. some are right to the ragged edge. and if you're going to raise right up to that ragged edge and not plan on building new power plants, you're going to deal with brownouts. >> reporter: austin energy is giving rebates on the installation of home chargers to customers who let it monitor their charging patterns, giving the utility a leg up on potential overloads. and that could keep electric cars cruising the roads and keep the lights on in austin. diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," austin, texas. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: optimism about jobs helped stocks move higher. the dow rose 71 points, the nasdaq added nearly 20 and the s&p 500 was up eight. trading volume remained light. 918 million sha

government of the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct reckless their reckless and there they are they fall the masters of blind profiteering and human life is worth nothing. live from moscow belgium is heading for a political record as the country's been a deadlock over for me a new government for almost a year french and speaking parties have been in talks and selections last summer but have made little progress because artie's daniel bushell reports many experts had and not just in belgium but a closely you. the fridge parents the floor of the owner's toby both cultures so was breaks up he fears for his children's future it will be much more difficult to know because all this museum should be splits all these nice neat . northern flemings and solve them clash of the streets. fed up with subsidizing its poor southern neighbor the north wants away but we're losing big to disagree leaving the country paralyzed without the government nine months now or world record schools already teac

she told the department of energy is working on that now. it will happen, it will be off of the coast of california. you would have it. the technology is just not there. if that is also an alternative. i do not think that will be a huge extent in the foreseeable future. the base we do now is cold. if you are concerned about carbon, we need to move to something less carbon-remitting. host: oregon. d. ahead criti caller: as i recall, when there was an oil spill, the president had to spend time with his basketball team, and then have his wife sarah david baez -- serenade by a needle. i am wondering, and when will he get off this and actually allow drilling again? guest: there is drilling. if you are an independent, i am worried. even from texas, and i believe in producing, but i do not fault the president for not cleaning up the oil. we had literally, thousands of people, including oil employe is, of volunteering. we did not have the technology on how to control tens of thousands of barrels. we have the technology now. we have one that could co

department of energy detailing their concerns. governor brown said today the government needs to take a bigger role regulating the state's nuclear activity. >> where is the best place to site a nuclear power reactor? and that means a government decides and people will say, gee, that costs money. but it also will cost us lives if we do it wrong. >> now, both pg&e and southern california edison insist their nuclear power plants about are built to withstand earthquakes far greater than the nearby faults are capable of producing. >>> another fear is whether or not the nuclear radiation that's leaking in japan will reach the united states. today on the 7 live, we talked with an assistant professor at u c berkeley. he said people should not be concerned. >> i wouldn't be very concerned. it would be very far away. i'm confident we can measure it when it comes here. >> he also cautioned people against taking iodine pills and said the owe tension of being allergic to them would be more dangerous. >> here in the bay area, a new hospital wil

. >> reporter: the department of energy will be studying charging data from austin and that could help other cities plan for public plug ins. austin thinks its "if we build it, they will come" strategy is working. area chevy dealers all say they have long waiting lists for the volt. austin energy estimates there could be as many as 40,000 electric vehicles cruising the city's streets by the end of the decade. tomorrow, we'll look at what all of those plug-ins could mean to the area's power grid. diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," austin, texas. >> suzanne: that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, march 29. i'm suzanne pratt. good night everyone, and good night to you too, tom. >> tom: good night suzanne. i'm tom hudson. good night everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about investing is available in "nightly busi

government or the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct reckless their reckless and there they are they fall the masters of blind the profiteering and human life is worth nothing. belgium is heading for a political record as the country's been in deathlok over forming a new government for almost a year now french and dutch speaking parties have been in talks in selections on summer has made little progress and was artie's daniel bushell reports many experts see the succession ahead not just in belgium but across the e.u. . the fridge parents in florida as well those are both cultures so was build your breaks up he fears for his children's future if you. don't know because all this news you should be sleaze all these. northern flemings and saw them clash on the streets. fed up with subsidizing its poor southern neighbor the north wants a way but big disagree leaving the country paralyzed without the government the noise months now or world record schools already teach while loon childre

government of the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct reckless their reckless and there they are they fall the masters of blind profiteering and human life is worth nothing. if you want to cause a report in just over an hour's time right here on our t.v. in other news belgium is heading for a political record as the country has been in deadlock over forming a new government for almost a year now french and dutch speaking parties have been in talks since elections last summer but have made little progress and as you know bush the reports they are experts see succession ahead and not just in belgium but across the u. . the fridge parents the floor there's all those both cultures so was building breaks up he fears for his children's future. if you go there no because all this museum should be splits all the picture of the state. nor the flemings themselves. flash on the streets. fed up with subsidizing its poor southern neighbor the north wants away but we're big to disagree leaving the

government of the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct reckless their reckless and there they are they fall the masters of blind profiteering and human life is worth nothing. craigs launched a criminal investigation of former president leonid kuchma as potential into the murder of an outspoken opposition journalist eleven years ago which was suspected of abusing his powers and giving orders which led to the crime. he's got the details from ukrainian capital kiev. but it's hard to say whether this will all go against the country's former president because this story has been dragging on for more than a decade since two thousand some like to remind you of you was not a very well known opposition journalist the went missing in the year two thousand he's body was found a month later in one of the forests outside of kiev and in this wild chase of investigation there have been several arrests and several in prison a prison terms for several former security offices even the executioner of th

government of the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct reckless their reckless and there they are and they fall the masters of blind profiteering and human life is worth nothing at this is this is coming back to haunt your premise of this theory that you can cause extinction and increase price rises artificially tell us more this is a theory this is a theme that this global we live in must come to terms with because. played out on economies all over the world in the us in the u.k. in japan all over the industrialized nations the more that they kill and slaughter the higher the price is making a few people rich ok we're going to see that before oh my god well they're often selling us the story that look on the bright side of all of these disasters that's the heart of this disaster capitalism that we operate in so here's a headline fukushima is a triumph for nuclear power build more reactors now exclamation point quake plus tsunami equals one minor radiation dose so far so this is autho

government of the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct because they're reckless and there they are they call them masters of blind profiteering and human life is worth nothing. ukraine has launched a criminal investigation of a former president leonid kuchma as a potential link to the murder of an outspoken opposition journalist eleven years ago suspected of abusing his power and giving orders which led to the crime as catch up with the latest on this story. in ukraine capital him for us tonight hi there alexi well what are the prosecutors saying and how exactly might the former ukrainian leader been involved in this. but it's hard to say whether this will all go against the country's former president because this story has been dragging on for more than a decade since two thousand and it is unclear whether. connection to this murder will be somehow established i'd like to remind our viewers that a very well known opposition journalist you know you got the went missing in the year two

department of energy has a budget of about twenty five billion dollars for all forms of energy and most of that is coal and nuclear whereas the chinese have committed three times as much energy that they were excuse me investment going to be devoting all of the order of seventy five billion dollars annually to develop our normal energy sources and it is actually paid off for them in the sense that china has ramped up to about fifty percent the solar photovoltaic center sure time why do i want to get in i want to interject here just a second are you cause you made so many very interesting points here the difference between china and the u.s. in terms of their investment i want to talk about first of all this isn't how it's always been in the u.s. the u.s. has you know a few decades ago invested in things that they didn't understand that they didn't know where they were going to go. so when you talk about that sort of the change in the attitude both public attitude investors and in political leaders and leaders who no matter what are not going to see you know the benefits reaped by these

what the outcome of all of this is we will not see the ever rising production levels that the department of energy and the international energy agency predict for the years ahead we should expect from their one diminishing levels of oil coming from these countries for technical and political and other reasons that's what i think. only is now a little easier when do you think ok will you get me that only as a political factor the idea that we're peaking on oil worldwide this absolute peak is is scientifically invalid and it can be demonstrated that's a longer discussion but the resources are there is just a political question of getting that we saw that in the caribbean cuba or the b.p. disaster is probably because they have one of the deepest the migration channels going going in. and into the deep sea there and find oil the some some scientists think it's another saudi arabia. or brazil it's the oil is there it's a political question of whether the anglo-american oil giants and the governments behind them the military are going to let the let these countries develop that for their own use. so let

department of energy specialisterize now in japan. and berkeley-nuclear engineer are installing a radiation detector on campus although they insist there is no radiation problem here. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the earthquake damaged the nuclear reactors in japan is raising eyes about california's nuclear reactors. ktvu's mike mibach is in san francisco with what he learned. >> reporter: right here outside of pg&e headquarters, one of the power plants. tonight in this earthquake prone state they are calling for more studdies. >> reporter: california's nuclear power plant, today images from the filt near sacramento closed in 1989. officials say nuclear fuel remains on site. >> a small amount measurables. >> reporter: the nuclear power plant creates 15% of the state's electricity. it's designed to with stand a 5.5 magnitude quake. >> the structure where we pull in ocean cooling water for the cooling source is designed to with stand a tsunami up to 45 feet. >>> fault was detected a half mile away from the plant. >> we along wi

and today, the department of energy gave an official warning. americans will be paying on average $3.70 a gallon by spring. and by summer, possibly over $4 a gallon. but we wondered about all the gas stations we hear about around the country, already charging those sky-high prices. this is gouging? matt gutman went in search of answers. >> reporter: nationwide, gas prices peaked 39 cents the past month, up another penny overnight. california remains the nation's most expensive state, where gas tops $3.91 a gallon. the cheapest? wyoming, $3.20. but where is the nation's priciest gas? we found it here in orlando. so, here we are, suncoast ener energies, the most expensive gas station in the united states. pulling up. let's see how much it costs to fill little less than three quarters of a tank. 13 gallons, $70. we found that most people didn't even see the price until we told them. >> $4.14. >> reporter: no, try again. $5.39. cost $5.39. >> i think we'll be going somewhere else. >> reporter: $5.39 a gallon. still going to fill up here? >> no. >> r

i think that there is increasing cooperation between the department of energy and the nuclear regulatory commission in our country, and what is going on in japan. you can never have 100% confidence, especially where there is an electric utility involved because they're always trying to look at their own long-term financial well-being. we saw that in the united states at three mile island. but i think right now, there is a level of cooperation that is helping to reduce the likelihood gat the problem is going to get worse. >> schieffer: do we know what the radiation levels are in the food, for example? >> i've called upon the federal drug administration to begin monitoring of food coming in from japan and for fish that is caught in pacific waters near japan, because we should now have some knowledge about what is happening. obviously, in spinach and in milk, some miles away from that plant, they're now picking up radiation in those food products. so we should act with some caution here as well. >> schieffer: do you see any danger to the united states in the atmosphere from what's happened

we did a webinar with the citizens program and departments of energy and to start talking about messagesand talking in place and we did this as part of a webinar to bring up topics that are difficult to talk about. we tried to break this and get over it. look, if this happens, these are the things people need to do. it was a webinar done this week and brought people in to an veermt where we have -- environment where we have subject matter briefing them. using the citizen corp. counsel to message locally, what's effective, and again, there's actually a book with this title -- "how do you think about the unthinkable?" and base that on the fear and actions it takes to survive. we're working with the department of energy experts, the national laboratories, and we're conducting this webinar this week on how we work with coms and talk about something very difficult that's difficult to talk about. >> that's a work in progress now? >> yes, sir. >> what -- but obviously you are working on it. i presume you'd use -- train all the local areas around the country to use both existing communication sy