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We couldn't make it to the door. it i was shaking too far and too much. too violently for us to get out. >> he was lucky to get out. we will have more on the interview later this week. tonight the crisis, quake. the clock is running. michael friedlander was an operator at a nuclear paurmt for a decade. when the cables were hooked up, it hasn't been fully restored, the cooling pumps haven't been turned on but you believe the risky work is ahead. >> that's right. think about it. when that accident happened, much of the radioactivity basically stayed inside of what we call the primary containment...

Restore the systems and move the plant to stable shut down condition we need to start to move large quantities of radioactive water outside of primary containment and that is going to require meticulous oversight and management. >> there is concern about something i hadn't heard about before but salt build up in the reactors that could cause harm and heat up even more. are you concerned about this and explain why there is so much salt in the reactors, from the salt water? >> yeah. for almost two weeks we have been injecting 100 gallons a minute of sea water in to these reactors. it's sort of l...

Are quite high. and the only thing that can come from is having products and other things being vented from the building. it's unfortunate that is occurring, but that indicates there has definitely been some level of melting and breach of primary containment, which is, you know, the fuel element itself has been compromised in several of those assemblies. i don't know what levels. based on the levels i see of radiation, it's very difficult not being there on the ground. but i can tell you that based on my experience, i believe that only partial melting has occurred because the radiation levels ...