they desperately want offsite to do it. we did not think it was evil, but we just thought it was tacky. and we stayed true to that sort of thing. it would be too much to expect, we are going to make it not commercial. that is how people are going to bond to our brand. not even rupert murdoch would come up with that. we just did that because it is what made us feel good. now we are thinking, with the burning man project -- it is interesting. my partners and i are thinking beyond our lifetimes. it is a bit of a legacy project. which is really interesting, an interesting exercise. that makes you feel differently about the present. so what would make something that durable? what would keep it alive that long? we have been alive and have grown for a quarter-century. it may not be hard to imagine an entire century at all. now we are found in an institution that will house and generate culture, and function as a community. wondering how we can be sure that it is not perverted, subject to internal divisions, will not perish. and th

both lost offsite power, just like japan's fukushima did after the devastating tsunami in march.hey were forced to use emergency reserve generators for electricity. in this demonstration last march, engineers at the north anna simulator showed us exactly what it looks and sounds like when the reactor is shut down. were you ever concerned this was significant enough to damage the reactor? >> no, i was not. >> reporter: this u.s. geological survey map shows that today's quake is in what was considered to be a low risk area. across the country, there are dozens of plants in medium to high risk quake areas. north anna is just one of half a dozen plants up and down the east coast inside the quake zone and is the only one that shut down, although the nuclear gulatory commission said that 12 plants in north carolina, virginia, maryland, pennsylvania and new jersey and even michigan declared unusual event emergencies. there have been at least half a dozen aftershocks since the main quake and we've just learned that when those backup generators started, one of them failed. they had to go

reactors to run the reactor, dan stoddard will show us the moment the earthquake hit and they lost offsite recognized they had an earthquake and they were moving toward the manual shutdown switches to shut down the reactor. at that point they experienced a loss of offsite power and we'll see what that looked like for the operators. >> reporter: clearly an emergency. so, what do they do then? >> as i said, they would go to the reactor trip switch. go to manual shut down the unit each reactor. >> reporter: this is the key switch to shut down the reactor? >> that's right. less than two seconds the reactor is shut down. >> reporter: the shutdown was triggered automatically. while the ground shook, stoddard was down the hall. he says he initially thought something had happened with one of the turbine generators. >> i was down in the control room probably within two to three minutes of the earthquake. >> reporter: was there real fear? >> no. there were a number of personnel in the control room, some additional personnel, operations personnel had come to the control room, but the operators were v

they deploy the agents from a separate place offsite. that means it is totally secret. there's no way to identify it as fbi. to the outside world, it looks like an industrial complex. host: you said that they will break into indices -- embassies. guest: if they were caught as burglars, they would be shot. there have been close calls. in one case in new york, agents were planting bugs in a mafia apartment. one of them was about to do a big hit job. they thought they knew where he was. they did not. they heard his key in the lock. they jumped into the bathroom. one of the agents was in the shower with his gun drawn. the other agent turned on the water in the sink and took off his shirt and pretended he belonged there. this hit man fell for it. when he left, he told them not to forget to shut the door behind them. host: the first phone call is from virginia. go ahead. fbi havedoes the information about the military? i have heard people talk about maybe some of the big military brass with republican views are causing some of the incidents over there. jimmy carter said the r

the reason they declared an alert was basically because the plant lost offsite power from the electricalto this plant, but they assure us that it is now running on backup generator power which can last indefinitely. just a short time ago i spoke to dan stoddard, he's the senior vice president for nuclear operations for dominion nuclear power that runs this plant about the message he wants to convey to the public. what dough y you want to say to general public in the mid-atlantic region about the nuclear power plant so close to the epicenter and their potential safety? >> well, the power plant is safe. the operators responded well. both units are shut down. maintained in safe shutdown condition. there was no release of radioactivity and our focus, as it always is every day we operate these plants, is the safety of the plants, the safety of the personnel that work here and certainly the safety of the personnel in the surrounding community. >> reporter: now, mr. stoddard did say the plant sustained minor damage and he characterized that as broken glass, damage to the transformers which carr

they deploy the agents from a separate place offsite. that means it is totally secret. there's no way to identify it as fbi. to the outside world, it looks like an industrial complex. host: you said that they will break into indices -- embassies. guest: if they were caught as burglars, they would be shot. there have been close calls. in one case in new york, agents were planting bugs in a mafia apartment. one of them was about to do a big hit job. they thought they knew where he was. they did not. they heard his key in the lock. they jumped into the bathroom. one of the agents was in the shower with his gun drawn. the other agent turned on the water in the sink and took off his shirt and pretended he belonged there. this hit man fell for it. when he left, he told them not to forget to shut the door behind them. host: the first phone call is from virginia. go ahead. fbi havedoes the information about the military? i have heard people talk about maybe some of the big military brass with republican views are causing some of the incidents over there. jimmy carter said the r

. >> reporter: both lost offsite power just like japan's fukushima did after the devastating tsunamierve generators for electricity. in this demonstration last march, engineers at the north anna simulator showed us exactly what it looks and sounds like when the reactor is shut down. were you ever concerned that this was significant enough to damage the reactor? >> no, i was not. >> reporter: this u.s. geological survey map shows that quake is in what was considered to be a low-risk area. across the country there are dozens of plants in medium to high-risk quake areas. north anna is just one of half a dozen plants up and down the east coast inside the quake zone and is the only one that shut down. although the nuclear regulatoror commission said 12 plants in nortrtcarolina, virginia, maryland, pennsylvania and new jersey, and even michigan, declared unusual event emergencies. there have been at least half a dozen aftershocks reported since the main quake. we learned when n ose emergency backup generators started, one of them failed, so they had to go to a backup-backup generator. we'r