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That's what leads to the fears about a meltdown. now, according to government officials here, they cannot rule out the possibility of a meltdown or at least a partial meltdown in all three of these reactors. and that's because they've been unable to cool the reactors. in the numbers one and three reactors that have been having this problem, and then there was this hydrogen explosion, actually, in the number three reactor today, which blew out part of a wall and part of the roof of the building housing the reactor. it also knocked out the cooling system to reactor number two. now you have three...

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...

Allow to partially showing the rods. sparking fears of another melt down. >> and bodies have been found in mlyangi. >> stock tock closed down over there six percent. >> u.s. naval forces are moving away from japan over fears of troops exposed to dangerous radiation particularly on the uss regan. >> rescue relief remains top priority but thousands of people are evacuated near the fukushima nuclear plant. if you look at it. second hydrogen explosion to rock the plant and the massive

Right now i want to get the latest on the nuclear crisis. cnn's stan grant is watching all of that from tokyo. stan, any change in the status of those fuel rods? >> reporter: randi, as you've been outlining, it's been an extraordinary day, new stwists and turns in this nuclear devastation. there was a hydrogen explosion as you outlined in the number three reactor, at least in the house that houses the number three reactor. didn't affect the reactor, but blew a hole in the wall and affected the cooling system in number two. that's where the focus has been. the fuel rods in the number two reacto...

One of the reactors, david piper is high of in tokyo with the latest. we heard about the blast on geraldo show last night. what happened since? >> yes, what is happening now, that we have a problem at the number two reactor in the fukushima plant. the blast earlier was number three. they seem to have that contained at this time. they suggest it was a hydrogen sea water. back on saturday there was a hydrogen explosion caused by them trying to cool down the fukushima plant. the metal container that houses nuclear reactor of the number three unit wasn't breached and so that is good news at this