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Country where my two kids live and my foundation is based. nothing to worry about. this is a japanese radiation problem, not an american one. >> but plenty to worry about in january? 3z this is a very, very serious situation, much worse than the 3 million accident here. >> how close is it tocher possibly? >> no, no. >> the worst ever. >> won't get an explosion like that where the reactor is tlut into the sky and spreads over the continent. a problem in one facility affects the other areas. the water they have been used to go cool the reactors is now rising, inches away from a tunnel in one of ...

Atmosphere and spread across the continent. this is a radiation problem for japan. it's unlikely that we in the united states are going to feel any effects of this. but it's at absolutely immediately the farmers and the people in that 20 kilometer radius around the facilities, whether they can return to their houses, again, is very doubtful. but you also have the nuclear power industry. japan depends for over 30% of its electricity on nuclear power. this is a blow that, frankly, i don't think the nuclear power industry in japan can recover from. it may cripple nuclear power construction around...

That no one really wants to see. >> and then the little time we have left, if your worst case scenario happens, who is the most affected? is the entire allied japan or some segment of it? >> well, this is not like a chernobyl accident where intense radioactivity shot into the atmosphere and spread across the continent. this is a radiation problem for japan. it's unlikely that we in the united states are going to feel any effects of this. but it's at absolutely immediately the farmers and the people in that 20 kilometer radius around the facilities, whether they can return to their houses, agai...

As the search for the missing labors on, another american name is still waiting to hear from their loved one. 26-year-old monty dixon. he belonged to the same program as taylor, teaching english in iwate. he family in anchorage is consumed by worry but focused on the mission. >> the grief is overwhelming. >> we certainly wish those people well. there's another american connection to this story, which is that there's a plume of radiation that's come across the entire united states, but that is very little radiation, according to any expert who knows anything about this. people hear about radiat...

Japanese tv has been issuing instruction for anyone in the 12-mile radius to get people out. if they are still there, they have to close doors on their homes, wear long sleeve shirts to stop radiation problem if there is a release. this is going on and there is a huge rescue operation underway. trying to help survivors from the earthquake and tsunami. back to you. >> shannon: david piper with the latest in tokyo. thank you. they increased the magnitude of the earthquake at 9.0. they say it was a rare earthquake. how does this happen? is it possible to predict where an earthquake will strike ne...