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That. one target is clearly protecting the babies, toddlers, young people against iodine exposure. they are going to get much larger doses from the radioactive iodine than adults. it's critical that the government remove milk from the food chain, make sure that the government gathers it up so it tkoepbs -pbt become kind of a black market in a sense, a dangerous black market among the areas where people live essentially under this cloud of radio activity. jenna: there's been some questions of the japanese government and whether they've been proab tiff enough. we need a lot more time to figure t...

They considered forcing open some holes to release gas or radio activity out in order to prevent an explosion. but fortunately pressure did recede and they did not to force any openings. this is the reactor that's caused them the most trouble. it's got the most fuel rods, it's been heating up, fires all week long. they've been spraying it with water for continuous days. that had some success saturday when it cooled down again, but, again, this reactor and the situation just kind of ebbs and flows on the day. there's one problem regarding electricity hook-up. they've gotten lines through to rea...

We've been reporting that some radioactive material at abnormally high levels has gotten into the milk and spinach supply. what officials are doing today are trying to reassure the public that although these are abnormally high levels of radiation in the milk and spinach, they're not so extremely high to pose a significant public health hazard at the moment. they're monitoring it very closely. they say that the levels of radio activity are far below the levels of concern where they would be concerned about a major health hazard, but, again, they probably will decide by monday whether to ban th...

Outside the facility. now, of course there's been a lot of concern about how much radio activity is going up in the steam and smoke, and again, you know, it gets dispersed quite rapidly. i know there's a lot of concerns and fears, but so far the radiation readings have not been worrisome. >> now, you point out in detail three different deep of rad agyags, and the gamma radiation is the real worry. why is that? isms gamma radiation is basically just like x rays. and the nuclear cores, they're basically like x-ray machines that never turn off. they're constantly generating gamma-rays. they're ve...

Going to throw a nuclear reactor at you, it's not realistic. stop. it's not going to happen. here we are dealing with it. >> reporter: there are growing complaints that aid isn't getting through fast enough to the worst affected areas such as this one. though for their part u.s. officials are pledging to do everything they can to help in an operation now officially called "operation friend." >> ian williams, thank you much. the situation at the damaged nuclear power plant is improving but there are concerns. officials say they might have to release some radioactive steam from reactor three. th...