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Reported at a jap m japan plant. rising smoke can be seen from unit 3. the explosion was likely caused by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen produced by the effort to cool down the fuel rods are sea water. they have been on watch for a possible explosion following a blast from number one reactor. the inner reactor container did stay in tact. about 600 residents are still within the area. they are being told to stay indoors. an all clear has been given following a tsunami warning on japan's northeast coast. sirens were sounding and people were scrambling to get to higher ground. that warning has ...

Chamber as the first hydrogen explosion was it doesn't get out into the atmosphere. that containment chamber is many feet of steel and concrete and thus far as in 3 mile island was able to contain the radiation. >> if it does get into the atmosphere plutonium causes lung cancer. >> who are the people putting the sea water on the stuff? do they have actually people in the plants trying to stop -- >> 160, 16 are in the hospital. they are getting radiation exposure in the plant. we are going to see workers sick from this. the goal is to keep this radiation from getting out into the community. >> ...

Lingering over growing problems at nuclear facilities. earlier today, 11 people were hurt when a second hydrogen explosion rocked a nuclear plant, sending a massive column of smoke into the air. that blast was felt 25 miles away but the plant's operator says radiation levels are still within legal limits. meanwhile, the u.s. now says it has moved igts ships and aircraft away from one of the quake-stricken plants after discovering low-level radioactive contamination and "the new york times" reports that the "uss ronald reagan" passed through a radioactive cloud, causing crew members to receive ...

Erp terp my relatives and friends are missing after the tsunami destroyed the village. they were all washed away. >> reporter: in one area, reports of some 2,000 bodies found. the unofficial count, more than 10,000 still missing. and for survivors of the quake, surviving the aftermath is proving just as challenging. as temperatures dip below freezing, there is no food, no water, no electricity, not even gas to make it to safety. the sirens still sound as aftershocks and more tsunami warnings bring fresh panic. and then there's this -- another hydrogen explosion, this time, in the number three ...

"nuclear intelligence weekly" news letter. stephanie, i want to start with you in japan. what is the difference between a hydrogen explosion and an nuclear explosion and which one are we dealing with here in the plants in japan? >> well, we're dealing with -- the difference between a hydrogen explosion and a nuclear explosion is that a nuclear explosion would be from runaway fission, much like what happens when a nuclear reactor -- a nuclear bomb goes off. the hydrogen explosion was from the buildup of excess hydrogen, for reasons we're not entirely clear about. >> so we're dealing with a hydr...