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Begin strictly enforcing its evacuation order on the 20 kilometer exclusion zone around the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. some 78,000 former residents have returned to their homes inside that zone in the past couple of weeks. now japan says it will severely restrict access in order to protect public health. the plant's operator, tepco, meanwhile, says a meltdown might be taking place right now at the plant but that is not certain and we'll certainly pass along more information as soon as we get that. space is scarce in singapore. >> that's why the port of singapore is building down,...

Enter the exclusion zone near the fukushima nuclear plan the. the power station has been leaking radioactive material since the earthquake and tsunami on march 11th. within days, the area for 20 kilometers around the clo plant was evacuated. authorities say some people have moved back in and others have been collecting possessions from their homes. now one member of each household will be allowed in for two hours to get their things. the government says the crackdown is needed for public safety. cnn's stan grant is in tokyo. we understand you were at the area within the exclusion zone. what di...

Ran dry of water and released a huge amount of radioactivity into the air. i believe some 800 kilometers of territory were contaminated to the extent they could not be used. that would be in the order of the 20 kilometer exclusion zone being announced by the japanese. there * three reactors and other cooling tanks, so that gives some basis on which to judge the scale of the likely impact of a release. martha: we want to alert you to this just crossing the wires. there is a lot going on on the ground and in the air in libya. the rebel stronghold is under attack by qaddafi forces from the air. t...

While they deal with this massive cleanup and rescue operation there's the nuclear disaster, the third prong of all this. two of the reactors at this power plant have experienced what they believe are partial meltdowns. maybe in the process of that. some escaping of radioactivity, the amount was less today in the measurements. a third reactor at that site still at risk of, perhaps, an explosion. how this all plays out in terms of the danger to the area, officials still have a 20 kilometer exclusion zone, about 12.4 miles, an area they've evacuated involving over 200,000 people. others nearby a...

The reactor is not damaged the explosion was outside the reactor. it was in the building that houses the reactor. now it has caused damage. it has blown apart a wall in the outer part of the building as did the one just the other day. now, six people were injured as you say in that, as well and we're monitoring just the extent of those injuries. radiation is also another concern. it's led to this 20 kilometer exclusion zone being established and 200,000 people being evacuated from their homes. according to nuclear safety officials here, those radiation levels have been coming down. good indica...