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Radioactive steam burst from another. it prompted remaining workers to be yanked and more residents to flee the area. >> if the fuel rods are exposed the radiation material inside the container could seep out. >> it's also causing the people of tokyo 140 miles away to get very nervous. >> this is tokyo and normally the sidewalk would be packed with people but fears over possible nuclear catastrophe are keeping a lot of people off the streets. >> snarled with traffic looked like a sunday. warnings by the government to stay inside due to radiation risks are being heeded. "i am worried about my h...

And you have a risk that something worse could happen and we saw a preview of that. the international atomic energy agency reported yesterday based on japanese information there was a fire in the spent fuel ponds at unit 4. there you can have radiation material directly into the atmosphere. there's also been a worry that if they don't cool the reactor that you could have a meltdown. there's been a partial melting of fuel according to most observers and experts and that that could become worse and if in the very worst case it could actually go through the bottom of the reactor and then there ca...

It can become fragile and there's a high chance of a rod to break. radiation material normally contained inside of the container could seep out of it. >> japan will ask the u.s. military for help but he did not elaborate. for a few dozen workers to remain at the nuclear facility, they've faced life-threatening levels of radiation. >> aye that have been exposed to levels of radiation that are life threatening and will in some cases be fatal. >> the nuclear facility is taking attention away from the disaster in japan. friday's quake and tsunami left entire villages in the way. they found body af...

Something worse could happen and we saw a preview of that. the international atomic energy agency reported yesterday based on japanese information there was a fire in the spent fuel ponds at unit four. there you can have radiation material directly into the atmosphere. there's also been a worry that if they don't cool the reactor that you could have a meltdown. there's been a partial melting of fuel according to most observers and experts and that that could become worse and if in the very worst case it could actually go through the bottom of the reactor and then there can actually be steam ex...

Here's the question. i haven't thought about this. most of us haven't. you know this issue. what happens to people when they are exposed to radiation, the kind that might come out of these potential or even halfway meltdowns? >> reporter: well the biggest risk is that you could get cancer. and i think that's -- the other thing is you can't see it. you can't feel it. you can't smell it. you don't know where it is. and that is the, perhaps, the most frightening part it. that's the real danger. getting exposed to a heavy dose of radiation that you could get cancer. so one of the things they do, t...