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Says the radiation levels there are still within legal limits. the damage is massive, the latest estimates putting the death toll at 10,000. there are still 15,000 japanese citizens that are missing. the latest explosion is prompting the government to ask residents near the affected areas to stay inside. rescue crews are working tirelessly to get food and water to millions who have been going without any vital resources for days. and we're still not getting reports on current radiation levels. now, americans helping in the relief effort have been exposed to radiation. 17 service members were...

Through a radioactive cloud and was coated with particulate radiation. explain to us what those type of effects can possibly be for the people that were exposed. >> i think it's a perfect example -- it's not your fault at all, of course -- the hysteria of the radiation. the navy explained that the "uss ronald reagan" and a helicopter were exposed to enough radiation in a dhai we all get exposed to in a month. far less radiation you get from a chest x-ray, about one-thousandth of that. even less radiation than you get from flying across the country in an airplane. so we're talking about really ...

This morning of the "uss ronald reagan" traveling through a radioactive cloud. and you mentioned that the crew members on deck received they believe a month's worth of radiation in only an hour. and also officials are telling us that american helicopters flying missions to the north of the damaged reactors were coated with particulate radiation as well that had to be washed off of those helicopters. so they're still assessing the potential damage there. and testing people in that area as well as now the u.s. crew members who may have been exposed. >> kristen dahlgren on the ground for us in to...