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These are photos of the fukushima power plant taken before and after the earthquake. the damaged building is unit or reactor 1. this is what it looked like after a hydrogen explosion yesterday blew the roof off. that's not the picture there. that report in just a minute. the crisis in japanese has people wondering how do nuclear power plants work. that's where peter doocy comes in. >> experts say on a scale of 1 to 7, the situation with japan's nuclear reactors is a 4. they describe it as an accident with local consequences. but it has the potential to deteriorate to an event as bad as chernob...

Widespread health risks. take a look at these. these are photos of the fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant. taken before and after the earthquake. the damaged building is unit or reactor one. this is what it looked like after a hydrogen explosion yesterday blew off the roof. the crisis in japan has people wondering how did the nuclear power plants work? peter doocy joins with us answers. >> there are 442 nuclear reactors operating in the world right now. 55 as you said are in japan. six of those have had problems since the earthquake and tsunami this week. this is what it looks like now. ma...

For the site and the surrounding area. >> shannon: we'll talk to experts about that coming up. thank you very much. we are joined by two members of the house energy and commerce committee to get their take on the nuclear power in u.s. in the wake of the tragedy. thank you very much. congressman greenie with me in studio in washington and congressman frank joining us from new york. welcome to you both. >> good to see you. >> shannon: congressman, start with you in the studio. what do you think will be the impact. nuclear was getting support in the u.s. president talking about billions in in the...

Cool the plant down and that is why they've made the decision to flood it with sea water and boric acid. and there is a last line of defense here. to protect the environment and the people in the surrounding area. and that is -- that reactor is surrounded by a containment vessel. a concrete reinforced steel -- a bubble around the plant that is supposed to protect it. in case there is a full melt down. now, you will remember back during the -- we had the chernobyl disaster and they didn't have' containment vessel and you had the material explode and be distributed by the airstream, three mile i...

Just outside the perimeter of the plant. but again, they're saying it is not enough to cause any problems to the people in the vicinity. but as i say, having increased that threat and now you have this 20 kilometer 12 to 13-mile exclusion zone. andrew? >> the good news, obviously that was a hydrogen explosion and not related to the reactor, stan. to the best of your knowledge and the people you've been talking to, what do we know about what is actually going on with those reactors then? because we hear sort of different reports that the government seems to be down playing it a little bit. and ...