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What your biggest concerns right now as they try to stem this before more radioactive material leaks? >> really two issues here. the first is, how much radio activity is going to leak out of these four plants? and, of course, we don't know the answer to that as yet. the other big part of the story is the wind. the wind is absolutely crucial here. by and large the wind is blowing offshore, meaning that the activity is going to be blowing in towards the ocean, which is a good thing. >> how long does it take that to disperse? let's say it does go in the right direction, flows away from population...

National nuclear security administration. thank you so much for being here. most of our viewers don't have anywhere near your expertise, i don't have near your expertise. can you tell us in plain english what you believe is happening at the plant right now and what the main thing you are concerned about is? >> this is basically a race on multiple fronts between the technicians in japan and their efforts to cool the nuclear fuel rods, both those in reactors that had been operating and those that were spent fuel in storage, and the internal heat of those fuel rods, which that residual heat is ex...

How high up this steam cloud goes. because the higher it goes up, the further distance the radio activity -- the radioactive material might be carried. i think it's going to be very careful to monitor. >> shepard: i didn't mean to interrupt, tim, you know we have this hideous delay. to that end if we can get somebody from the weather center up. we know there are two sets of prevailing winds. one is at the lower level. it's been a very windy day today. in fact, it's morning now. it's like 8:00. 8:15 in the morning. we are waiting for a storm to come. the weather forecasters here have promised t...

Yokata air base. there is plenty to talk about this morning. >>reporter: yess, that is right. the nuclear crisis is moving to a more dangerous level now. the japanese government. there is a major radiation leak in the fukushima plant that is so troubled over the last few days with all of the explosionns. the national nuclear agency said the fire that started in the storage that stores nuclear fuel. radio activity is released directly in the atmosphere now. the japanese say they managed to put out the fire and according to reports they had help from the u.s. military in doing it. radiation leve...

Has ever seen. brand-new hour of "america live." welcome everyone, i'm megyn kelly. earlier today another massive aftershock, possibly the largest yet, magnitude 6.1 rumbling the ground under tokyo this morning. this as american troops help fight fires at the fourth reactor, all taking place at the fukushima. they have exposed at least 23 people to radiation and now a spike in radio activity being detected not just by the plants but nearly 200 miles away in tokyo. shepard smith is live on the ground in tokyo right now with the latest, shepard. you know there are reports obviously those around ...