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Line site. worse than that is the chance the fuel will catch fire. it's hot and it can cumbust. the way this reactor is designed, mark one reactors, they don't have a container around the spent fuel pole. it's a real concern. the fire could liberate as much radio activity or even more than the accidents that are occurring at unit one, two and three. >> let's come back to that point. six units in distress. three of them the issue is spent fuel rods which are not protected. not inside a secure containment shell. if you have one where you have a fire and two others with this issue, number one you...

Worst yet. international atomic energy agency says there's evidence it breached the primary containment shell. that means more radiation could be leaking from that unit. the iaea says radiation levels at site have been decreasing. people living within 20 kilometers of the plant have been evacuated and are lining up to be scanned for radiation. a no-fly zone has been established around the crippled nuclear plant for 30 kilometers. global economic fears, the stock market plummeted today because of the nuclear concerns and right now the dow, let's take a look at it, is down 178 point. it mentione...

Wind continues n to go north bu at chernobyl the winds shifted on them in the 8 days. it came down on the people they were evacuating. it could be a significant issue. >> what's the name difference? is it the name difference for containment shell between chernobyl and plant? >> i think the main difference is the capsule around it. we melted the core had major releases at three mile. >> three mile island. >> the reactors go along the left radioactive iodine and the left gasses there are. so at this point if there's a major release they are thinking if they are dealing with

Only when the nuclear fuel melts through the inner most chamber but not through the outer containment shell. it is a very serious situation there and seems to get worse by the hour. more details as they become available. jenna: we are watching the developments on that. engineers are racing to prevent a meltdown some say at a nuclear plant in northern japan. if they can't, and that is a strong cant we ream i don't know what is going to happen. there is a possibility that tens of thousands could get hit with a harmful dose of radiation. so far winds have blown most of the radiation leakage away ...

Wind continues n to go north bu at chernobyl the winds shifted on them in the 8 days. it came down on the people they were evacuating. it could be a significant issue. >> what's the name difference? is it the name difference for containment shell between chernobyl and plant? >> i think the main difference is the capsule around it. we melted the core had major releases at three mile. >> three mile island. >> the reactors go along the left radioactive iodine and the left gasses there are. so at this point if there's a major release they are thinking