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Building is over 100 degrees but the radiation level there has dropped. buildings housing reactors one and three were seriously damaged by explosions, radiation levels in those buildings are still very high. right now we want to give you a look inside the so-called hot zone where residents have been evacuated. stan, how exactly were you able to get in and how close were you able to get to the plant? >> reporter: yeah, soledad. i'm surprised we were able to get inside this zone. from where i'm standing, the fukushima daiichi plant is about 18 kilometers or so from where i am. we drove up to thi...

Company, tepco, which prapts the plant, or what's left of it said there were no serious incidents as a result of today's aftershock, so they say. radioactivity from that plant has poisoned the surrounding land, air and ocean. millions of people have been exposed, million morse could be, as radioactivity has been picked up in food and drinking water and detected in faraway places, like california. this had week, workers plugged a crack in the plant that had been gushing contaminated water into the ocean for weeks. as a result, tepco now says radiation level notice ocean waters off the coast the...

Reporting that the warnings are part of a confidential assessment report prepared by the u.s. regulatory commission. tokyo power company officials this morning are reporting good news as these before and after pictures show, water is no longer gushing into the pacific from the number two reactor building. contaminated fish have a lot of people worried around the world. zain verjee is live in london. what are the global papers saying about that? >> reporter: carol, i was just flipping through the china daily and they quote an expert at the chinese center for disease control and prevention and...

That we have not been reporting fully that was pointed out by the minister of agriculture as well as people from our neighboring countries. as we have been reporting, the release of the radioactive water was to deal with the highly radioactive water in the turbine building of reactor number two and other buildings. >> let's take a look at what the newspapers are saying about japan's radioactive worries. take a look at the china daily. it says radioactive water to pose little danger to china. quoting a researcher from the chinese center for disease control and prevention, the paper says the rad...

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...