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A top official says that is likely because of a partial core meltdown which we have known from the very beginning was going on but they did not want to tell us. and we are told officials outside the complex discovered dangerously high levels of radiation? seawater up to a mile away. and now dominic from osaka, japan. hello, dominic. >>reporter: those levels in the sea up to four times above safety standards, enough, actually, to induce radiation sickness in anyone who actually finds themself caught up in the water or consuming anything that is living in that water. including seaweed and seafoo...

Would like to ask you to remain indoors. and avoid going outside. >> cnn's stan grant has been following the fukushima nightmare from what we thought was a safe distance in tokyo. he sent us this report just minutes ago. >> reporter: each day, almost each hour, this nuclear emergency in japan seems to throw up new challenges. this time the focus is on two of the reactors, reactor number two and reactor number four. in reactor number two, there was an explosion, and that's raised concerns about damage to the containment vessel which surrounds the core of the reactor, and that's important becaus...

That could be catastrophic like that. one of the first steps coming up would be to open some of the choke valves. possibly replacing the cap itself with that riser and begin the containment process of pulling the oil up to the containment ship. we are hoping it won't get to that point, but we may get to that containment process. we have a variance on that. thad allen is in favor of using the coin containment process. bp is happy to keep the lid on until the relief wells are complete, but the relief well will be the game changer. that can really put an end to the process, but if we are lucky an...

They'd like to get it up closer to 7,500, 8,000 or higher so they know it is holding and there are no leaks anywhere else in the well. the containment process will resume sometime soon we're told. as of right now no oil is coming out and no oil is being siphoned up to the surface of the water but that process could continue, they'll reopen the valve at some point, going to release more oil on the surface ships and start collecting once again. the first lady michelle obama is going to be headed back to the region friday to crihristen a n coast guard cutter. reynolds wolf is there in new orlea...

Storms ahead. alex passed well to the south but you saw what the heavy wave action did to the containment process. anything else that comes through could be a temporary disruption. if they're able to knock this thing out and control it, it certainly won't be catastrophic. >> reynolds wolf in new orleans, we appreciate you as always. we'll talk to you again here shortly. the man in charge of b.p.'s compensation fund has an earful from gulf residents. ken feinberg recently met with residents whose livelihoods have been impacted by the disaster. he says the company will pay for losses but being...