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Intensity. some may be highly radioactive, cesium and iodine, and others not at all. and then theres the type of o radiation emitted. people forget theres three different types. gamma radiation can penetrate the skin. thats a big deal. but other types will not penetrate the skin so you can wash it off and it doesnt affect you. >> reporter: now, the concern here is about this explosion at reactor number two and did actually damage the outer casing, the protective layer that surrounds the reactors...

Worth of radioactive material. it doesnt speak to reliability of this form of energy. >> i could be wrong but i think it will be brought to conclusion to ruin the reactors, the huge hit on the owner of the reactors but the public safety will maintained. >> there are 27 new reactors planned in the united states there has been no new plants in the u.s. since 1996. with the entire industry under scrutiny, antinuclear opponents see japan as a crisis they dont want to waste. >> the administration ask...

It was bad. welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto and it has gone nuclear. experts saying, today, there is evidence of a breach at one of the damaged reactors. it is raising fears that more radioactive material could be released. japan now considering using helicopters to pump water on the damaged reactors in a desperate bid to school down the fuel rods. 140,000 people living near the reactors are being told to seal themselves inside their homes. reports today radiation levels are ten times normal...

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The amounts found yesterday morning were not harm phil and not detectible later in the day. for the first time in japans history an emperor gone on television to address a national crisis. the emperor akihito told the japanese people not to lose hope three reactors damaged at the plants. this is a view up above. that is reactor three on the left-hand side of your screen and reactor four in the middle. if you can determine that. radiation levels surged after that white cloud of smoke was seen com...

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That we they werent designed for. and now theyre getting occasional explosions. theyve had problems opening and closing valves. its getting harder to deal with keeping the cores covered. and you can foresee outcomes where most of the radiation, radioactive material stays inside. but its just not clear at this moment where its going. >> what i cant understand in this in terms of the planning as to where they put the nuclear plants, clearly a country like japan, they have a lot of earthquakes. can...

First, the risk of a devastating nuclear attack has gone up. even as the risk of a nuclear confrontation has dropped according to president obama speaking at a washington conference on nuclear weapons. he meets this week with dozens of leaders, pushing them to commit to locking down nuclear materials. by locking down, as the president the put it, the threat is no longer a nuclear war between two nations,s biggest certain of is of terrorists getting their hands on materials. >> the smallest of pl...