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Boiling water reactors where the core melts and will drop through the containment vessel. then you want to make sure that the concrete which is feet thick can contain that molten core. if that fails, then that is really the worst case scenario that the entire containment structure collapses, then we have massive releases of highly radioactive material. >> and that material that would be released in a case like that would be released in a gassy us form? a radioactive cloud that could move? >> onc...

A presidential assassination this day in history. 1865 john wilkes booth was killed by federal troops. he shot president lincoln 12 days earlier at fords theater. 24 years ago we first heard about the worlds worst nuclear accident cher noble, a radioactive cloud. more than a hundred thousand people evacuated. hard to know how many people were affected. ♪ >> you know the music, the name, the face and the funny. in 1989 on this date we lost comedy legend lucille ball. she died at the age of 77. ...

Facility. earlier today, 11 people were hurt when a second hydrogen explosion rocked a nuclear plant that sent a column of smoke into the air. that blast was felt 25 miles away. but the plants operator says radiation levels are fortunately still within the legal limits. meanwhile, the u.s. now says its moved its ships and aircraft away from one of the quake-stricken plants, after discovering some low-level radioactive contamination. the new york city "times" is reporting that the "uss ronald r...

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This morning of the "uss ronald reagan" traveling through a radioactive cloud. and you mentioned that the crew members on deck received they believe a months worth of radiation in only an hour. and also officials are telling us that american helicopters flying missions to the north of the damaged reactors were coated with particulate radiation as well that had to be washed off of those helicopters. so theyre still assessing the potential damage there. and testing people in that area as well as n...

Sailed into a radioactive cloud and crew members were exposed to low level radiation and had to be treated. now the "uss ronald reagan" is moving out to sea. here is stan grant and what he had to say about the threat of a nuclear crisis. >> we have been focusing on the one and three reactor at the daiichi plant. the number two cooler was knocked out. that is dangerous territory if the water level drops too quickly. as they did with one and three, they pumped sea water into reactor two. here is w...