hitachi with design certification for the latest design generation three esbwr. and that is rated -- >> can you break those initials down for us? >> i call it the excellent simple safe simple boiling water reactor. but that's not what we call it. it's the latest design and it is a passive cold reactor. so in the unlikely event you would lose off site or on site power, gravity and circulation would keep that plant running for a minimum of seven days, and if you are able to add water to that plant, without any water involvement, you would be able to keep that plant operating. >> is g.e. working on a small reactor? >> g.e. hitachi is working on a small reactor that is a little different than the light water react stores you've been hearing about. we've been speaking about a prison. reactor. it was originally developed by the national laboratories. it also would use nuclear fuel. you would basically put the light water fuel through a recycling center where you would be able to get that fuel palate out. you would get 90% of the uranium value out of a recycled fuel pal

and also hitachi saying that net profits fell nearly 70% for the april to september period. now tomorrow is going to be a public holiday in japan so i'll be back on friday with more earnings reports from sony and nissan and any follow-through from the eurozone debt issues. but for now, back to you. >> thanks a lot, ramin. now both the nikkei and topix down 1.6%. ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> let's take a look at some other market figures now. all right. back to catherine now. >> thanks, ai. >>> the operator of the fukushima daiichi plant poured boric acid into the reactor for one hour from shortly before 3:00 a.m. on wednesday. the move followed the detection of a radioactive substance xenon in the reactor's containment vessel indkath that nuclear fission may have resumed. last friday, tokyo electric power began operating equipment to remove radioactive substances from the number two reactor. the device sucks out gas from the containment vessel and filters out radioactive materials. the company has been analyzing the types of radioactive substances and t

later today we're going to have earnings from mitsubishi corporation, nomura holdings as well as hitachi and of course the ism manufacturing data to look forward to in the u.s. the nikkei now down over 100 points. back to you. >> thanks, ramin. the nikkei back in 8,800 territory. ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> and now let me get you a look at some other market figures. that's all for now in business news. back to catherine now >> thanks very much, ai. >>> parts of the thai capital bangkok were still inundated with floodwater on monday as the water surged on the outskirts of the city. the flooding came within two kilometers of the capital's disaster relief headquarters after surging parts of of don muang airport. the thai government has been diverting water around the city's center using drainage canals. as a result, the water is spreading to the western and eastern suburbs. the runoff is approaching the bangchan estate where many foreign factories are located. >> translator: i'm not sure how much water will come. i'm worried if we can keep operating. >> thailand's dis