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Example, you could end up having a much larger release of radiation. so you have got to make sure that if you are going to put water in it you are going to do the job and cover the spent fuel rods. and so thats one of the key things. there is also you have to worry that you dont start a new chain reaction. remember, fuel -- reactor really fuel in this case water. inand the water is critical to getting the chain reaction going. so you have to make sure that the fuel assemblies are spaced apart. y...

Weekend. lets go to anne thompson. >> good afternoon. restoring that power cable may be the best hope, because the goal is to get those pumps working again so they can circulate water in the reactor core and in the spent fuel pools. the big question is, do these pumps still work? they would have had to survived an earthquake, a tsunami and then these explosions that have happened at the plan the in the week since the earthquake and tsunami. no one is quite sure if it will work. it would be the f...

The iaea says a new power cable has been put in place. it will bring electricity to the reactors and restore power to the cooling systems. the agency said earlier pressure inside the reactors has begun to fall as water has been pumped through them. at this point three reactors have had at least partial meltdowns. and the damage at fukushima became that much clearer today. this video gives us the closest look yet at the wreckage. it also was filmed from one of the top of the helicopters charged w...

>> shepard: there is breaking news now from japan and there is word that the authorities in the north are getting close to connecting a power cable that could, at least in theory, help reduce the nuclear threat to japan and the rest of the world. were expecting new updates from the north of japan in just a moment as the economic problems continue to unfold. those could eventually have an impact on products available to the united states and really people all over the world. one out of every $16 ...

Members, unquote. a -- mercy, unquote. a live report coming up from the white house. first here back here in japan new information on the power line into the troubled power plant nuclear facility to our north. lets get to nuclear physicist david albright science and international security in washington, an organization focused on bringing greater transparency to nuclear activities around the world. sir, its good to talk to you. what do you make of this long power cable and the timing thereof. >>...

I think we will likely see these winds lower again by tomorrow and maybe become a little bit more variable that means we could see moving a little bit more on shore and thats ahead of the storm we will be dealing with sunday into monday. shepard? >> shepard: rick reichmuth in the weather center after a very windy and freezing night. pushing 9:00 a.m. here. lowest winds and warmest morning of the entire week here. it cant hurt them one bit. we continue to monitor developments at that troubled nuc...

Us from california. president obama looking to assure the american people about the risks from this disaster in japan. wind trajectories show how radioactive particles could be carried toward the united states. officials say repeatedly they do not expect any serious amounts to show up in the u.s. >> we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. >> shepard: but environmental regulators say they have deployed more radiatio...

Way for the second man accused in the murders of a connecticut mother and her two daughters in the familys home. dangerous distraction. a school bus driver accused of sending and receiving over 1,000 text messages while behind the wheel of a bus full of children. amidst the growing thread of nuclear catastrophe, the japanese government is telling it iaea its evening nears have been able to lay a power cable to the plant. spraying water on a different reactor, this could be critical here. the...

A way to plug it in and stick alongside the fuel tank later on one side here theres a charge toward cover and not a couple there are more and more charging stations around some of which you can use for free like this one here daisy here a woman i thought done im distanced so attached the power cable and then just select the type of connector you have on here stick on the knot and press start and the station start charging your battery. of course there are also charging stations which dont allow ...

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