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To cher nopele. that was a coal reactor that burned. the accident in three-mile island is more comparable, but evolved more rapidly. three-mile island was due to equipment failures while the accident in japan is due to massive damage from a tsunami that followed that earthquake. in the sense that i believe that this is a contained accident. i believe they are successfully and slowly progressing on containing the accident on the way it should be contained and the reactors were designed. >> i unde...

Steam out of that reactor got stuck which meant that the water was turning into steam and at the number one reactor, we have the situation where the fuel rod is being exposed. let me talk about the radiation levels, because as you release steam, you also release a degree of radiation, raid active material into the atmosphere. this is the gate of the plant itself. at 9:35, it was measuring 760 microseconds. by 9:37, three minutes later, 5,130. thats the highest level it has been so far. but then ...

The hour, theyre still gr grappligra grappling to deal with this explosion. that blue a hole in the the outer wall. officials have pointed out it did not affect the reactor itself, what it did do was knocked out the coolant to the number three reactor. all three now struggling to stay cool. this has been exacerbated throughout the day. at one point they were pumping sea water into these reactors to try to cool them. and the fuel pump ran out of fuel. that was as a result of human error. but in t...

Retrofit this one. not just one thing went wrong, but many, many things went wrong for this to get to this point. first the earthquake stopped the reactors, they shut down automatically. the tsunami shut down 13 different generators that pump power to pump water out of this thing, all 13 of these failed because of the water coming over the top. then they had battery backup and they only had backup for eight hours. they shipped in new battery backups. but the pump was pumping sea water into the r...

Korea, given a nation very close, but from as far away as britain and germany. and those dogs are specially trained to be able to differentiate between survivors and dead bodies. clinics medical care. one challenge for them is getting fresh water and theyre working at evacuation shelters to get help to those who need it. another thing coming in, nuclear specialists. i just dont mean people who have experience in fixing reactors, but also people who are experts in containing radioactive material....

Could it happen here? congressman edward markey is calling for a moratorium on new nuclear reactors. >> we just have to call a time-out and examine whether or not those safety features which are going to be necessary in the future are built into new nuclear power plants in our country. >> but republican senator mitch mcconnell disagrees, he says we should not make domestic policy decisions right after a major environmental disaster. like president obama did after the oil spill. with gas nearing ...