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How high up this steam cloud goes. because the higher it goes up, the further distance the radio activity -- the radioactive material might be carried. i think its going to be very careful to monitor. >> shepard: i didnt mean to interrupt, tim, you know we have this hideous delay. to that end if we can get somebody from the weather center up. we know there are two sets of prevailing winds. one is at the lower level. its been a very windy day today. in fact, its morning now. its like 8:00. 8:15 i...

Generating so much heat. >> shepard: tim trevan who will remain on stand by for us throughout the hour because of the very serious situation. you might be asking if they know it needs water on it, why dont they put water on it. imagine this, you are in the middle of a world with no water no, electricity, no food, no fuel. a tsunami has come through, a large part of your area, and eliminated thousands upon thousands of people. there are many tens and thousands of more who are now homeless and wai...

>> shepard: continuing coverage of the disaster in japan. im shepard smith live in tokyo where the official japanese news agency is now reporting an explosion at reactor number two at the fukushima power plant to the north of us by 190 miles. it is further reporting that 2.5 meters of a nuclear fuel rod is now exposed. i want to go to tim trevan joining us live. he is a former u.n. weapons inspector. explain to you if you what this means. >> they are having real problems getting water into the r...

Ment much more a concern than the steam being vented earlier. >> tim trevan on the line with us. i need to take a quick commercial break. gather more facts from the official news agency here. we are also listening to a news conference from the japanese power company. the folkio power company. we will have the latest update ahead of oreilly right after this. ♪ ♪

Complicates the problem of cooling it down even further and secondly it increase the risk maybe more catastrophic failure of the containment so far. >> tim, we have gotten reports now from the news agency and from the japanese government that there appear to be radiation level increases around that facility and concerns of a crack in the outer containment dome. help us understand that. >> well, there would be some rise in the radiation from the steam thats been vented earlier. if theyre indicati...

Me, the further away you get, adam, the better you get. now, were told that in some cases closer to the reactor, much closer than where we are, you are getting 1/10th of the normal amount you get in a day. thats basically 1/10th of an x-ray. not just one shot, shepard, thats continuous. thats where the worry becomes. the closer you get to the reactor, the longer you are in front of this nuclear material, basically, the worse it is. so the best thing you can do and cut down your threat by 60% by ...