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That the united states has been calling for. the white house also calling yesterday for there to be a complete shutdown of the nuclear plant for safety reasons. russia has rejected those ideas, but the hope is that, having independent eyes and ears on the ground at zaporizhzhia will bring some sense of stability to this situation that has been really escalating in the last several days with local officials in the zaporizhzhia region now dolling out iodine tablets to people who live within 30 miles of the power plant, just in case there is a radiation spread. >> wow. nbc's josh lederman, thank ...

Kind of radiation spread. for now, people are mostly staying put. certainly, the tensions are rising and there are real fears given what russia said today, that there could be something tomorrow that could be really concerning. >> josh, thank you for bringing us that breaking news. that does it for me. "andrea mitchell reports" starts next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

Where there are now signs according to the ukrainians that the russians have placed land mines at the nuclear power plant. and i want you to hear from the spokeswoman from the southern military command telling us that they're now preparing civilians across the country for the possibility of nuclear disaster, take a listen. >> translator: it's been carried out and it's been helped the shelters in this case have been checked. and a case announced is being carried out since we are still at war. >> reporter: the ukrainians are also stockpiling medications like iodine that can be used in the event ...

Facilities internationally? perhaps a no-fly zone if described in that fashion as a no-go for the u.s. and nato, but does something outside of that kind of language need to be considered or discussed that says to vladimir putin, you can't shell nuclear power facilities. this is the 21st century, for pete's sake, and we have to have some standards internationally. you can't just have putin going nuts, bombing power plants. seems to me, that has to be talked about. >> jim, i think, i think it's pretty clear that we have to protect all of our possible options here. this is -- this is a situation ...

Still quite radioactive. it may be not as active as within the core, but it's normally packed really tight so there is less material but there is more of it. so, again, if the -- and those pools of spent fuel pools also need to be cooled and kept at certain temperatures. so, again, if the cooling system is compromised, uh, then -- then there could be trouble. >> we're -- we're almost out of time. but real quick, if you can, in a worst-case scenario in this sort of situation, what sort of radiation spread could there be? what kind of area impacted, real quick if you can? >> well, you know, wors...