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Deal with the situation. >> there is a group of anonymous workers made their way into the nuclear death trap. >> they physically have to go into those reactors and drop water on it. have you to crawl on your hands and knees through the dark get in there, put water on there as radiation level goeses up you had that quote calling this a sue snid war mission. the high radiation levels have now been detected almost 20 miles outside of the plant. that is critical. 12 miles is the evacuation center. >...

Food products recorded radiation level that is over the limit stipulated in food safety law. >> now the chief cabinet secretary said that he cannot confirm whether those higher radiation levels were coming from the nuclear power plant. he said, there certainly was a high possibility. richard? >> anna coren, who is in tokyo this evening. not everyone in japan is so sure that officials are telling them the truth. and that, of course, breeds suspicion and fear. our senior international corresponden...

Military channel and author of "15 minutes." welcome. >> good morning. >> and the radiation levels in japan and how dangerous it is for people in that 50 mile radius that the u.s. carved out and us, over here. it was interesting what happened yesterday the japanese raised the permissible radiation level. how convenient. why do that? >>guest: it is doubling the number and it would be far easier for us if we could say there was a clean line on the left side of that lane you are safe and on the rig...

Changed perimeters and deal with the situation. >> an anonymous group of fearless workers now known as the fukushima 50 made their way into the nuclear death trap. >> they physically have to go into those reactors and drop water on them. you have to crawl on your hands and knees through the dark and get in there and put the water on there as the radiation level goes up you have them calling this a suicide war mission. the high radiation levels now detected almost 20 miles outside that plant. tha...

Deal with the situation. >> there is a group of anonymous workers made their way into the nuclear death trap. >> they physically have to go into those reactors and drop water on it. have you to crawl on your hands and knees through the dark get in there, put water on there as radiation level goeses up you had that quote calling this a sue snid war mission. the high radiation levels have now been detected almost 20 miles outside of the plant. that is critical. 12 miles is the evacuation center. >...

Plant continue to say the radiation being released does not pose health risks. >> looking at radiation level, they think this has impact on human health. >> there are no evacuation drills and this is necessary. he says that the electric power company never told us about any risky or dangerous situation. >> no safe level of radiation for any amount you get means increased cancer down the road. >> japans prime minister spoke about the unfolding disaster. >> 65 years after the end of world war ii, ...

Saying now its an event of wider consequences. also, indicating some structural damage to the core of the reactor. and that is absolutely key here. because thats where the more nasty radioactive elements live. now, remember in recent days, weve had these fires and explosions, where quite often the levels are raised because of an incident like that. they first rated it level four about three or four days ago. theyve just lifted that now as a result of these fires indicating more structural damage...

Radiation level to a level high enough to cause radiation sickness. and according to the reporting of the "wall street journal," which is owned by the parent company of this network, those workers are risking their lives for a little more than $100 a day. of course, its much bigger than that. they are risking their lives for the safety of their country. the journal also reports somebody online recently tweeted that his father, a nuclear plant worker, had rushed to fukushima to help. that person ...

>> mine says .004. >> we started to wear them 24 hours ago. >> thats right. this is reflective of what we are seeing in tokyo. it is 2 a times normal in terms of radiation level. that is 20 times faster than if we werent in an area with radiation. >> when you think of, what these men and women must be going through, you know, usual ly this plant has hundreds of employees. it is down to 50. its been down to 50 for the last several days and now they say they are rotating thu 180. -- through 180. i...

Stable. the stroutrouble is with two, t and four, especially three and four. dangerous material is seeping out, in the event of a full-blown meltdown. in four, the problem is a pool of water. the fear is that the water is actually evaporating and its exposing spent fuel rods, very dangerously. again, the risk of pumping more radiation into the air. according to the nuclear safety agency, the radiation level has been dropping. at the gate it was less than the rate of some x-rays you may have. the...