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As the search for the missing labors on, another american name is still waiting to hear from their loved one. 26-year-old monty dixon. he belonged to the same program as taylor, teaching english in iwate. he family in anchorage is consumed by worry but focused on the mission. >> the grief is overwhelming. >> we certainly wish those people well. there's another american connection to this story, which is that there's a plume of radiation that's come across the entire united states, but that is very little radiation, according to any expert who knows anything about this. people hear about radiat...

Meantime, "new york times" is reporting that up gentlemanen's government approved a ten-year extension for the oldest of six reactors at that power station. just a month before the big earthquake, despite safety warnings. nbc's bob bazzell joins me. what's the latest? >> it look likes they may have turned the corner in the battle to get that under control. yesterday seemed to be a bad day. one of the storage pools was very hot and the radiation readings was as high as they've been in the accident. but the radiation levels have come down, there's electricity to all the reactors, but it can't be...

50, the original workers who are willingly risking their lives to try to save japan from a full-blown nuclear catastrophe. we are hearing that roughly 300 workers are rotating in and out, seen as heroes by many in the country, these workers are inside this complex, wearing thin, white protective suits working in the dark, listening for explosions and trying to stay calm as they do their important work. the japanese report that two workers are now missing, at least 11 have been injured, thoughts and prayers continue to be sent out to their families on twitter. for instance, one report cited a p...

Left. there's six reactors 170 miles north of here, at least four of them are way out of the control and could release a lot of radiation at any time. the wind is now blowing in this direction toward an area where 30 million people live, so it's very serious. i'm not saying there's going to be a release of radiation, but it certainly could happen. i've been covering this story all week, and i'm talked to experts here in japan, in europe and the united states, at first a lot were reassuring, but now they're sickened, because they think the company that owns the plants probably was doing somethi...