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Working closely to assess the damage. it was tweeted overnight "we have seen no over limit radiation limits near the facility." is that still the case in. >> yes that, is still the case. the monitors are reporting background levels and we dont see any evidence of any dalk that would create a radiological or nuclear incident at this plant. >> undersecretary hruby, we know that the nuclear site and works are there are still operating at gunpoint under russian forces. how concerned are you and how ...

And what they do is they say the santa susana field laboratory has to be cleaned up to background levels. and essentially, what that means is if there is contamination on-site, it gets cleaned up. >> from your vantage point, what is the status of nasas actions with respect to the cleanup? >> congresswoman, all that information you just related is my understanding as well as where we are. and nasa is committed to fulfilling our obligations under the afc. >> im tired of fighting. lets clean up the...

Radiation levels. yet a few days later, russias own agency said background levels spiked between 4 and 16 times above normal levels. and thats created a lot of concern about what exactly was being tested at this range. the u.s. believes it was a nuclear-powered cruise missile called the skyfall. thats created a lot of concerns there may, in fact, be some sort of risk after the reports the russians had planned to evacuate a village nearby the test raung. so lots of questions here, but not a lot o...

About 2500 miles away, off the coast of the white sea, there was another mysterious explosion that occurred on thursday. we dont have visuals of that "new york times" says it may be, quote, one of the worst nuclear accidents in the region since chernobyl. at least seven people were killed, and russian news media, quote, radiation briefly rose to 200 times normal background levels. u.s. officials suspect it was a prototype of a nuclear cruise missiles. you can see it in this video played by russi...

200 times normal background levels. u.s. officials suspect it was a prototype of a nuclear cruise missiles. you can see it in this video played by russian president vladimir putin at his state of the union last year. im joined business an expert. jeffrey lewis is the director of the east asia nonproliferation project good to see you, what do you make of this -- the second explosion and the idea that radiation levels were elevated in russia? >> well, i think the evidence right now is pretty overw...

And elston stevenson just told us in a conversation with our producer that his bosses at the park service dragged their feet, ignored his complaints. he said, dana, their behavior was essentially immoral. >> dana: what are park officials saying to that? >> reporter: well, they say they ought to have been removed and an investigation is under way. in an e-mail, emily davis, spokeswoman for the national park service, also said a radiation survey was recently carried out at the building in question...

Grand canyon but the buckets were brought back in the building. >> shepard: trace, what is the response from the park service? >> the park service confirmed to us that an investigation is underway. a spokesperson said a radiation survey was conducted at the museums collection building saying it found radiation levels at background levels, the amount always present in the environment and below levels of concern for public health and safety. the spokesperson went on to say theres no current risk t...

They will never be used to produce energy. what we see here is a gigantic nuclear waste problem, and we also see these devastating impacts. we now have situations in which we have childrens playgrounds in this area of the evacuation zone that are hundreds of times beyond background levels. the japanese public is reeling and is truly terrified by the contamination, and i think our public has a reason to be anxious as well as we see the radiation beginning to arrive here as well. >> damon, just lo...

From japan. now so far, the officials say they found only trace amounts of radiation on peoples clothing and shoes and a little bit in luggage. one radiation detector at dallas-ft. worth airport was triggered by a shipment of radioactive medical supplies. so they dont think theres much concern of people tracking radiation back from japan into this country, although flights out of japan are full. people are trying to get away from any possible threat there. but again, officials in this country em...

Trouble started, number one, they had that hydrogen explosion. it blew the roof off. and as ive been saying, the place to worry about, number one, and also number three, is the central pools which store the highly radioactive waste which are just as vulnerable to meltdown and fires and dispersal of radioactivity as the reactor, in some ways more vulnerable because theyre more exposed. and the other thing that happened today is the pool in reactor four had a fire and hydrogen explosion and poked ...