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Bob, thanks very much. the new york times have been reporting that the warnings have been issued for decades about possible flaws in the reactors at the center of this crisis. five of the people we spoke to are what are called mark one designs by general electric, one of the parent companies in this network. according to the times, scientists have warned that if the cooling systems failed at one of these reactors, the primary containment structure of that vessel would burst as the fuel rods inside overheated and released dangerous radiation into the environment. in fact, 35 years ago, a ge e...

Does no good for the japanese people to increase the crisis mentality. we're going to have more stress-related illness as a result of what is going on at the nuclear plants than we're going to have radiation illness. there is radiation leaking out. but it is low level. it dissipates rapidly. the numbers we have heard near the plant have been high. still not impacting health, but as you move a few miles away, it drops dramatically. the -- we have never had any loss of life in a nuclear power plant anywhere in the world, among 444 operating plants, except chernobyl. i'm hopeful we won't have a l...

>> yes, there is a crack in the containment structure that. is beyond what is in three mile ilabbed. >> steve: but below chernobyl. you are talking apples oranges. in chernobyl there was graphite. >> that was a soviet extrave gansa. we'll never have that again. but people talk about what if it meltdowns as if it is's bomb going off. everyone thinks it is a bomb. if you have a meltdown. it means that the fuel melts to the bottom of the container and that's it what we are worried about is radiation release. as long as the fuel is contained and the steel structure has not rupured or broken and yo...

Exposed. march 1979, a partial reactor meltdown at pennsylvania's three mile island nuclear facility releases radioactive material. no one is killed. the cleanup takes years making it the worst nuclear accident in u.s. history. ron carsmar helped develop the facility 40 years ago. >> i'm concerned. i'm very concerned. >> william tucker authored a book on nuclear power. >> this is not a never could or would be a chernobyl. that's out of the question. >> why is that? >> very simply, the saudis didn't have a containment structure. >> reporter: fukushima does have a containment structure, a giant ...

Some towns reporting they cannot handle all the dead bodies. and evacuation centers are starting to report they are running out of food and water as well. >> and, akiko, did any of these fears prompt you to have to move throughout your reporting today? >> reporter: yeah. we were actually 40 miles south of the nuclear reactor plant. that's where we spoke to you from yesterday. but this morning after hearing reports of this latest explosion and assessing the situation, we decided to move further west, a way -- far away from the plant as we can. now we are headed back to narita, which is further ...