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Our home is gone so she wouldn't know where to go. as other family members are safe, i only hope my daughter is alive somewhere. >> and sometimes hope is fulfilled and nothing else matters. this is a different woman and child reunited in northeast japan. look at that. right now i want to get the latest on the nuclear crisis and stan grant is watching that for us from tokyo, stan, what about those fuel rods? i understand they have noticed they have exposed. >> reporter: critical situation, exposed for the second time now in the number two reactor. previously that hadn't been affected. as you ...

Zirchromium. so when you hear of a hydrogen explosion, it means the fuel was at least at 3,200 degrees. when the fuel gets to that point, all of the little pellets fall out and gather on the bottom of the nuclear reactor where they form a molten mass. >> at this point, you have seen the hydrogen explosions have you heard anything to doubt the japanese officials who say that the containment dome has been sealed and that the risk to the public is moderately low? >> the containment is leaking, it's not leaking severely yet. you recall that when this accident started, there was already iodine pick...

This hydrogen explosion inside that triple power plant in the northeastern part of japan. it is something that sounds so absolutely bone chilling but what we are told is that the containment area the huge massive concrete and seals covering over the stricken plant has been held. it is contained the explosion that is what we are hearing. you also know that just minutes ago adam housley on the scene was reporting that the public health authorities and public safety authorities were driving through the community with their bells ringing and their sirens wailing warning people there was another ts...

The huge big steel and concrete massive containment shell that surrounds it. we are getting word from an official despite the hydrogen explosion the container surrounding it is in tact. it has with stood the massive force of that explosion and as far as we know has not released into the atmosphere any of the radioactive materials. we will continue to monitor that. let me take a quick break. we will be right back.

Video from the moment the tsunami hit the town of miyako. tipping over boats as if they're toys. cars bobbing up and down in the water. everything in the path of that wall of water destroyed. christine? here in japan on high nuclear alert this morning. a second hydrogen explosion rocked the fukushima facility overnight triggering new fears. the fukushima plant sits about 170 miles south of tokyo. meanti meantime, there are reports that a cooling system at another reactor has failed. joining us to talk about the potential threat from the nuclear plants in boston is jim walsh, a new cnn contri...