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Is pretty much for this reactor, these series of reactors uncharted territory. >> you talked about a significant release -- >> i was telling you, im very upset about what im seeing just because, you know, its very unfortunate. and i know theyre doing everything they can. >> and glenn, i think your perspective is reflected by a lot of nuclear physicists weve talked to and experts who said they started cautious and now theyre getting more concerned. you said a significant amount of radioactive mat...

Soon, where its sort of bleeding it out after they inject new sea water. the question, though, is whether -- and we dont have an answer to this and we ought to be cautious about it -- whether the containment vessel, that the last line of defense has been breached. i thought tom made interesting observations about what might be circumstantial evidence about that. in addition, the utility was complaining earlier, and its reported now from the world nuclear association, that they have put a bunch o...

We are back with new developments this hour on the devastation gripping japan right now. nbcs chris jansing host of "jansing & co." right here on msnbc has more from tokyo including the growing threat of nuclear ca tatreau fee. >> explosion at reactor two blue a hole around the nuclear core. the fire at number 4 spewing significant amounts of radioactive material. a dramatic escalation of the crisis that shows no signs of slowing. the prime minister urged calm as residents around the plant lined...

The fear, that radioactive material could seep out from the damaged reactor. we understand that others may be saying there may be damage or cracks. their response earned a rare public rebuke from the prime minister. naoto kan told reporter he was not officially informed of the explosion for an hour and told tepco, pull yourself together. that was followed by reports of a fire at yet another reactor. residents are being tested for radiation exposure and authorities have distributed more than 200,...

Products. we were in a 7/11 store overnight. half the shelves are empty. water bottles, only allowed to get one bottle of water at a time in some store. not rationing but each store trying to take care as many as they can. frances nuclear safety authority ranking the crisis at fukushima plant a level 6. a serious accident. on the so-called international nuclear and radiological scale event to. put this in noah a little context. it ranks it on a levels of 1 to 7, right? and originally this was th...

Of which caused the release of radioactive material. the total number of deaths, zero. by comparison, accidents in chinese coal mines last year caused the deaths of around 3,000 miners. so what do we conclude? well, any accidental death is unacceptable. nuclear facilities must be subjected to the most rigorous standards possible to maintain. but nobody knows how the story of the fukushima plant is likely to end. what we do know is that no form of energy generation comes without costs, whether en...

Tonight may be more severe than the two explosions at unit 1 and 3. this one may have damaged the inner steel containment vessel which could lead to wider release of radioactive material. that part of the story is still developing. still to come this hour, communication systems in japan are barely working, making it difficult for people to find loved ones and family members in towns that have been completely flattened by the tsunami. ahead, nbcs ann curry with the story of one very lucky famil...

With the situation. 600 sailors and pilots from californias lamore naval station. >> never in the course of any of this did they feel any affects. the first indication we had was the sensors. it was not through anything that they noticed. >> it was a huge relief to find out that it was something that could wash off and be decome tam natured, that it was fine. megyn: the u.s. s. ronald reagan has repositioned itself so it will no longer be downwind from the crippled power plant. even though the d...

Material. and company executives have publicly apologized. in the event of a large meltdown, the japanese government has distributed 230,000 doses of stable iodine to evacuation centers that experts say there isnt a significant health risk yet. >> the amount of radiation that is likely to be released is going to be relatively small compared to an accident like chernobyl. >> were just learning that a nuclear industry official here in the united states says that the primary containment structure o...

Nuclear facility in fukushima. this is what the last of the three that was operating. this is the worst perhaps because we are hearing reports that the containment vessel itself may be breeched. we hate to be overreacting, but the words meltdown are being repeated over and over again. and now the pressure is built up, leaks are being discussed. and what were going to do now is go live to the nhk press conference which is in japan where theyre discussing this new development again, an explosion a...