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Very carefully at how much risk power plants might face, those near earthquake fault lines. what's happening in japan could be a major wake-up call for us. you hear people, my god, if the big one hits california or something like that. certainly, this is another example of what we have to fear in this country as well. >> considering nuclear power, that's right. coming up later, the difficulty many americans had getting out of japan after surviving such an ordeal. it's a story told at many u.s. airports all weekend long. people there reconnecting. you can imagine the relief to get home. >> th...

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. >> ...

We are monitoring this explosion 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 wa...

Explosion perhaps by hydrogen explosion for temporarily, the radiation may have spread temporarily. so in that respect, that could have caused the radiation to be emitted in a very small amount, which had attached to the surface of people -- but at this point in time, the radiation exposure is in a very low level and it is not hazardous to health. >> reporter: the chief cabinet secretary went on to say that radiation contamination had been decked on nine individuals. as you heard matthew saying, the government is distributing iodine tablets that is supposed to counteract the health impact of r...

The years have been built to very exacting specifications and you don't, however, predict an earthquake that occurs once every 500 years to occur as soon as this one did. so, that the -- even a very well constructed reactor could easily have difficulty given the magnitude of the quake. >> eric: and potentially talking about another hydrogen explosion, and one of the container buildings of the second reactor. what do you predict could happen next? and how do we stop it? >> obviously there's a lot we still don't know but i would emphasize so far -- underline "so far" -- the containment structure...