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What they say -- you'll have to bear with me. it can get confusing when we get into the numbers. we're talking three reactors at the daiichi plant at fukushima. the concern was reactor one and reactor three. now, there was talk of a strong possibility, the assumption of a strong possibility of a meltdown of one and the possibility of a little meltdown in reactor three. now today we had this explosion in reactor three, a hydrogen explosion, similar to what happened in reactor one. now we had another. that's reactor number two. it's knocked out. that explosion knocked out the cooling system. it ...

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>> because it is possible, right, to have a hydrogen explosion like this that doesn't affect the reactor, correct? >> absolutely. in fact, the phrase hydrogen explosion is accurate but also can seem quite scary. someone analogous so if you leave your gas oven on and too much meth ain builds up you will have an explosion. a hydrogen explosion indicates some of the fuel was exposed to air and enough hydrogen built up to expos the system. the system now is compromised. the cooling systems are compromised so hour by hour we need to gather as much information as we can. >> the fact that they are pu...

Certainly a challenge, we are going to try tho do our best for you. jack spencer is a nuclear energy specialist at the heritage foundation. when you hear the headlines what does that mean to you? >> well it's not a good situation, that is for sure. but it isn't necessarily the catastrophe that i think many fear. look, what we need tho bear in n mind is that that containment facility is still intact, it hasn't been beached and that's what that is there for. all of the systems are in place to keep the nuclear power plant operating smoothly. there are layers are defense should that operation stop...

Call this toll-free number now. now our top headlines from now our top headlines from the disaster in the pacific. there are nuclear fears in northeast japan today after another hydrogen explosion at fukushima power plant. even before that blast people from a wide region were forced to evacuate due to radiation risk. international aid is arriving today in japan. specially trained dogs are there from the u.s. to search for earthquake victims but a u.s. aircraft carrier just off the coast was forced to move out to sea, as a precaution after the hydrogen blast at the nuclear plant. friday's...