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Currently has 104 plants. be in's tom costello got a very rare, behind the scenes look at one of the nuclear facilities. he has the exclusive story from louisiana. >> reporter: hi, tamron. that's the reactor core right behind me in that containment building. to demystify nuclear power and emphasize how safe it is in the view of the industry, we were given tremendous access here. we saw the control room. also the cement casing around the nuclear core. we saw the pool that holds the radioactive spent fuel rods. the nuclear plant single-handedly cranks out 10% of louisiana's power. getting inside...

Heightening fears of a nuclear meltdown. stan grant, authorities plan to give out iodine to residents in fukushima. how big a problem is this at this point? >> reporter: yeah, you're right, becky. and that iodine would work to offset the impact of any radiation. i can also bring you some reports that are circulating here in japanese media. i stress that cnn haven't independently confirmed this, but japanese authorities reporting that some workers at the plant have had exposure to radiation. this nuclear emergency became even more critical -- a loud explosion was heard. then we saw these plumes...

>> in terms of the two relief wells currently being drilled, are they being drilled using the same procedures as this well or are they being drilled differently? in other words some of the things that weren't used, the double casing, things of this sort, are those relief wells going to use these enhanced safety procedures. >> there are clearly areas of concern, as we've identified in our investigation. cement casing and the relief wells are being drilled with all of those issues absolutely foremost in the procedure. clearly the relief wells are different because of what they -- what they have ...

>> i believe that's so, congressman. >> in terms of the two relief wells that are currently being drilled, are they being drilled using the same procedures as this well, or are they being drilled differently? in other words some of the things that weren't used on this well, the double casing, things of this sort, are those relief wells going to use this enhanced safety procedures. >> there are clearly some areas of concerns as we have identified in our investigation, cement casing and the relief wells are being drilled with all of those issues absolutely foremost in the procedure. clearly the ...

Floor with this thing. we went after certain parts of it. we were the committee that actually brought up the point that the cement casing was 1400 pounds per square inch on one side of the casing and then on the other side of the pipe, it was zero, which was a red flag, which should have -- it was two hours before this thing blew up. i think our committee, the oversite investigation subcommittee took a very methodical approach to it. we didn't sit there and they didn't have time to play finger pointing because we had fact, we had figures and their documents, we asked them to explain it. we're ...