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Captive by the russian soldiers. >> people that have no clue about the nuclear security protocols. >> chernobyl site of one of the worlds worst nuclear disasters has been under control of the russian army since the first night of the invasion. natalies father is one of those being held at gunpoint by russian soldiers. >> they get once a day, if theyre lucky they get some bread as well but, yeah, the people had runningry there. >> she desperately wants a shift change to release the hostages and f...

Alike, and weve got to fix and it mow is the time to do it. >> and what are the judges options in this lawsuit at this point? >> well, i think they could stop the decommissioning process as it is ongoing now. they could force changes in the way its being done, but the reality is there are about 125 or 126 canisters of waste. it will get up to 135. then once its stored there and the rest of the plant has been decommissioned and the low level waste has been sent to utah and other places, the quest...

>> reporter: yes. this decommissioning process will take 30 or 40 years tepco says. the local government had been busy with more pressing clean up issues. it was the nuclear accident which has made lasting damage on the life of this small fishing community. lets take a listen. its a huge catch for a tiny boat. the fish flap ant on the deck. by the time were back at the port theres little movement. todays catch would have been worth $3,000 u.s. all they can do with them is sort out the biggest va...

International atomic energy agency examined the site to check on the decommissioning process and to see for themselves whether tepcos measures to deal with its water issues were effective. namely, a better purification technology, still in testing, which tepco says would make the contaminated water safe enough to release and a pumping system to try and lower the groundwater level so it wont seep into the reactors. but these men lost their faith in tepco a long time ago. they always say its all r...