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Spokesperson for the group that lobbies the u.s. government on pro-nuclear power issues. >> i think as we've seen in japan, despite the magnitude of that earthquake, they hold up quite well. >> reporter: but it turns out surviving the quake was not the end of the crisis. at fukushima daiichi, the backup power supply, 13 diesel electric generators ran for a while, then failed. when the generators failed, so did the water pumps that cooled the reactors. >> you have title six reactors under great stress with problems cooling the core. and just as you think you might have gotten under control of o...

Trouble. >> a pattern emerged that tepco isn't frank and deliberately covers up to protect its own interests. >> reporter: despite promises to regain public confidence, tepco's honesty was questioned again in 2007 when a 6.8 earthquake struck western japan, shake i shaking the nuclear power plant. the public later learned a fire burned for two hours and hundreds of gallons of radioactive water had leaked into the sea. the plant that is now in trouble survived the most recent quake, a quake stronger than it was designed for. by design the reactors immediately shut themselves down. good news, ac...

Plant now in trouble. >> there's a pattern emerged that tepco isn't frank and deliberately covers up to protect its own interest. >> reporter: despite promises to regain confidence, tepco's honesty was questioned again in 2007 when a 6.8 earthquake struck western japan, shaking the nuclear plant. tepco reported only a minor fire at the plant and less than a gallon of water leakage. later the public learned the fire burned for two hours and hundreds of gallons of radioactive water had leaked into the sea. the plant that is now in trouble survived the most recent quake. a quake stronger than it ...

We get into friday. rain in this area, this is the big problem spot, baton rouge, little rock, jackson, we'll be dealing with snow and sleet and maybe some power issues and road delays are going to be a definite possibility here and the airports will be effected especially in the houston area. jenna: we'll continue to watch the story of the weather in our country. we have breaking news overseas as well. jon: this fox news alert from cairo where right now gunshots are ringing out in tahrir square. at least one wounded person seen carried out on a stretcher as violent clashes erupt between pro a...

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