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The pools are too damaged to hold water. u engineers developed a plan to fill them with sand and other materials. the japanese say it is not feasible, but outside experts disagree. >> the idea of putting that on the pool is that it provides protection so they can come back in and put water or something else on. it will shield that, stop radiation from leaking out, slow down all of whats going on, and give them time to make the next step happen. >> reporter: measurements taken by u.s. military pl...

Plant. this is the main road from fukushima into tokyo. it is the evening rush hour and the traffic should be going in that direction. instead, thousands of people are trying to get out of the town and into the main city. many traveled 150 miles to tokyo because they didnt trust the governments 12 mile evacuation plan. and tonight, scientists warn that there might be some danger from radiation, even here. >> tokyo is where nbcs chief science correspondent robert bezel joins us from tonight. good...

The radiation. so it is hard to say exactly what somebody should do if they can, just listen to the government and take adequate precautions. >> robert bezel in tokyo for us tonight. thank you for joining us, bob. appreciate it. >> thank you. plumes of radioactive steam are escaping into the atmosphere in japan. how radioactive are the plumes, where are they, where are they going next, and how can this all be kept in perspective? that and more next. [ male announcer ] if youve been to the hosp...

It is the evening rush hour and the traffic should be going in that direction. instead, thousands of people are trying to get out of the town and into the main city. many traveled 150 miles to tokyo because they didnt trust the governments 12 mile evacuation plan. and tonight, scientists warn that there might be some danger from radiation, even here. >> tokyo is where nbcs chief science correspondent robert bezel joins us from tonight. good morning, bob. thank you very much for joining us. happy...

So it is hard to say exactly what somebody should do if they can, just listen to the government and take adequate precautions. >> robert bezel in tokyo for us tonight. thank you for joining us, bob. appreciate it. >> thank you. plumes of radioactive steam are escaping into the atmosphere in japan. how radioactive are the plumes, where are they, where are they going next, and how can this all be kept in perspective? that and more next.

>> i think we just lost lee. if we can get lee back from northern japan, we will absolutely do that. robert bezel is joining us now from tokyo, who has just done a report on nightly news tonight about this third blast at the fukushima reactor in northern japan. bob, what can you tell us about what you learned tonight. >> reporter: rachel, it is ominous news. the company that owns the power plant said that one of the reactors, reactor number 2, where there was explosion yesterday, at a press conf...

Robert bezel is joining us now from tokyo, who has just done a report on nightly news tonight about this third blast at the fukushima reactor in northern japan. bob, what can you tell us about what you learned tonight. >> reporter: rachel, it is ominous news. the company that owns the power plant said that one of the reactors, reactor number 2, where there was explosion yesterday, at a press conference this morning, they said that explosion was not like the other two, which was outside buildings...

Volunteers. it seems as though -- >> i think we just lost lee. if we can get lee back from northern japan, we will absolutely do that. robert bezel is joining us now from tokyo, who has just done a report on nightly news tonight about this third blast at the fukushima reactor in northern japan. bob, what can you tell us about what you learned tonight. >> reporter: rachel, it is ominous news. the company that owns the power plant said that one of the reactors, reactor number 2, where there was ex...

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