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Plant continue to say the radiation being released does not pose health risks. >> looking at radiation level, they think this has impact on human health. >> there are no evacuation drills and this is necessary. he says that the electric power company never told us about any risky or dangerous situation. >> no safe level of radiation for any amount you get means increased cancer down the road. >> japan's prime minister spoke about the unfolding disaster. >> 65 years after the end of world war ii, this is the toughest, most difficult crisis for japan. >> the international atopic energy agency ra...

Saying now it's an event of wider consequences. also, indicating some structural damage to the core of the reactor. and that is absolutely key here. because that's where the more nasty radioactive elements live. now, remember in recent days, we've had these fires and explosions, where quite often the levels are raised because of an incident like that. they first rated it level four about three or four days ago. they've just lifted that now as a result of these fires indicating more structural damage and potentially higher radiation. kiran? >> what is the -- i guess the real world consequence o...

Radiation level to a level high enough to cause radiation sickness. and according to the reporting of the "wall street journal," which is owned by the parent company of this network, those workers are risking their lives for a little more than $100 a day. of course, it's much bigger than that. they are risking their lives for the safety of their country. the journal also reports somebody online recently tweeted that his father, a nuclear plant worker, had rushed to fukushima to help. that person wrote: my dad is up for retirement in a half a year or so when he told me he had volunteered to go,...

>> mine says .004. >> we started to wear them 24 hours ago. >> that's right. this is reflective of what we are seeing in tokyo. it is 2 a times normal in terms of radiation level. that is 20 times faster than if we weren't in an area with radiation. >> when you think of, what these men and women must be going through, you know, usual ly this plant has hundreds of employees. it is down to 50. it's been down to 50 for the last several days and now they say they are rotating thu 180. -- through 180. in some cases these people are sacrificing their future health if not their immediate health. >> t...

Stable. the stroutrouble is with two, t and four, especially three and four. dangerous material is seeping out, in the event of a full-blown meltdown. in four, the problem is a pool of water. the fear is that the water is actually evaporating and it's exposing spent fuel rods, very dangerously. again, the risk of pumping more radiation into the air. according to the nuclear safety agency, the radiation level has been dropping. at the gate it was less than the rate of some x-rays you may have. the problem is convincing people about that. there is a big trust deficit here between what the govern...