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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 we're going to do now is go live to the nhk press conference which is in japan where they're discussing this new development again, an explosion at the last of the three major nuclear facilities there that was in the path of the earthquake and ...

We are now able to use our partners here in japan nhk's world service which is translating to english for us now. let's listen to these brand new reports of an explosion at the nuclear facility number 2. listen. >> there was about 3 atmospheric pressure, now it goes down to 1, meaning that there could have been some cracks formed somewhere in the vessel or in the pool, meaning that water containing radiation could have leaked out. in and around compound 9965.5 micro -- of radiation was. in compared to the normal level that is 10,000 times higher. so, indicating that this explosion might have c...