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You can walk away, they would shut down by themselves. this would not happen now. >> thanks for that. stan grant has been following the fukushima nightmare from what we thought was a safe distance all the way in tokyo. stan, it's good to see you. where are you now? are you a safe distance from this? >> reporter: yeah. in tokyo, yeah, we are a safe distance, ali. there has been a spike measurement in the radiation level here in tokyo over the past 12 hours or so it was 22 times higher than normal, that sounds alarming but it shouldn't be because they are still very, very low levels, certainly n...

These are the newest images just in of the various numbered units. if you could walk us through what you learned from these images of reactors one, two, three and four. look at three and the steam coming out of there. what have you seen in these new imag images? >> they're pretty revealing. it shows a lot more damage and they're from the sides. you're not just looking down on top. you're seeing the reactor damage from the side. and three is where the second hydrogen explosion happened that blew off the roof. you see the extent of the external structure damage. the government said there was ste...

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

Ahead. but first, let's go to cnn contributor jim walsh, also from m.i.t. also joining us is cnn's tom forman and michael freelander, a former nuclear plant operator. jim, in terms of the latest developments you're watching, what gives you hope, what gives you pause? >> well, you know, this is the first day out of seven days where the news wasn't worse than the day before. since i am desperately searching for good news, i consider that a victory. every day when i woke up, there was a hydrogen explosion or a fire or problems had spread to another plant. today that did not happen and there was s...

The failing reactor's cooling systems. despite that news, concerns remain over dangerous radiation levels, spent fuel rods, and unexplained white smoke seen spewing from the damaged reactors today. the water level in unit five is also on the decline. officials plan to use an operational dieselenerator in unit six to get water to the unit. then, there was this alarming testimony today by u.s. nuclear regulatory commission chief regarding unit 4's condition. >> a fourth reactor is also right now under concern. this reactor was shut down at the time of the earthquake. what we believe at this time...