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>> thats right, becky. we talked a little bit earlier, becky, about what the worst case scenarios could be. and really, if youre looking at the governments situation and the nuclear officials here, this is already getting into worse than they would have ever hoped for. its an unprecedented situation. of course, the knock on effect with the nuke clear reactors. they shut down after the quake. from the cooling problems we see steam having to be released, the nuke clear authorities saying some radi...

Cooling ability after the earthquake n. all, five reactors have suffered cooling problems, basically the result of no water. the water that usually cools the nuclear material has evaporated and they are not able to get new water to it. so thats why there is this problem. authorities have detected 8 times the normal radiation levels outside one of the facilities, and nearly 14,000 people living near the plants have been evacuated. >> and just hours ago, japan was hit by a 6.8 quake, followed by s...

♪ 70s era music sfx: tires squealing vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. s u. this is a fox news alert from new york. one of japans power plants may be experiencing a nuclear meltdown. this according to the kyoto news tciting the nuclear safety commission. the plants 150 miles northeast of tokyo. five reactors are suffering cooling problems after being shut down after fridays devastating earthquake. at least 14,000 nearby residents have been evacuated so far. in ...

This latest one caused any additional damage or injuries as we take a look at the video coming in over the last 24 hours or so. hundreds of people are now confirmed dead, thousands of still missing. after the initial quake that trigger that had deadly tsunami. a badly damaged roads are making rescue attempts nearly impossible in some ports of northeastern japan. authorities are saying they just cant reach an area along the coast where up to 300 people were killed. >> and making matters worse off...

Realized. you are not a guy that gets easily worried. how worried are you about the situation, how confident that the nuclear energy world knows how to resolve this? >> i am getting very worried and getting increasingly worried. part of that worry is we are not getting good information about the power company. it is not really clear whats happening. they maybe have retained control over the cooling systems of the two reactors, but whats happened all day they assured us the situation was under co...

The situation is fluid to say the least. as you say, a lot of the mixed reports. a fire at one japanese nuclear plant, and cooling problems and mixed reports of whether they were able to cool it down and whether or not there was a radiation leak, and some evacuation of japanese citizens of course around this area, but what is interesting is that secretary of state hillary clinton said earlier today in washington that a u.s. air force plane took some cooling liquid, coolant into japan to help coo...

>> reporter: yes. the second explosion in the number three reactor is exactly the same that took place in the first reactor just the other day. what happens here is as they release steam from the reactor to relieve the pressure, the water particles disintegrate and disburse and thats a combustible mix. that affected the outer wall of the building and the roof. at the same time it knocked out the coolant in the number two reactor. now we have three separate reactors all backing these cooling prob...

The death toll mounting. exact numbers unknown. now a nuclear emergency. several badly damaged power station reactors with serious cooling problems. pressure building. reports now of radiation venting at two of them. well talk to a woman whose husband was in one of the plants when all this began, he escaped. all of it and everything else. the result of the fifth largest quake in recorded history. just look at that wave. followed by the wave, a fast-moving tsunami wave that turned everything into...

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Couple of hours ago. of course there was an explosion in the number 3 reactor. that was a hydrogen explosion in the outer building, which houses the reactor itself. now that was similar to another explosion in the number one reactor just a couple days ago. it also had similar damage. it blew out one of the walls of the building there. now there is also ongoing concerns about radiation. however, authorities here say the radiation levels have actually been decreasing over the last couple of days. ...