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Unhelpful word because there's actually a huge spectrum of possibilities. we've already seen the japanese safety authorities who have acknowledged there's been some partial melting of the core, which is the better end of this bad spectrum. secondly, melting of the core might release substantial amounts of radio activity into the environment but it does not necessarily do so. the three mile island accident there was core reacting but little quantity of radiation released into the environment. there's uncertainty about what's going on at the moment and significant uncertainty about possible outc...

Thousands contracted cancers related to that incident. and radio activity was spread by the winds, thousands of miles contaminating land over belarus, russia, ukraine, france and italy. people who survives the quake and tsunami are finding long lines of grossly stores and gas stations. i-report david powell shot these photos. grocery stores are crowded with people trying to stock up and buy things that will probably start to run short. bread was very lard to find. he said dairy products were selling out. that's what we're seeinging empty shelves. of course, tokyo is the most populous city ...

Several hundred times it's normal operating power. and a big explosion right in the very center of the reactor where the fuel was. they have fragments of fuel. 150, 250 meters away from the plant and an enormous cloud release of radioactive material. we're 48 hours past when nuclear fission stopped here. a lot of the very worst of the radio activity will have died away we're several days away from safety. but i believe that the response has been proportionate and efficient. >> workers pouring sea water into the reactor to cool fuel rods. more than 50,000 people have been evacuated. 160 being t...

Agencies go in and check the numbers. what's of concern? what is on the top of your mind right now? >> there was a partial meltdown. uranium is a heavy metal. it's like a laead. some of it is a fishing product. some of it comes out when heat is generated got out in the air. some people got contaminated with radio activity. and this is all bad and very scary. and this is, as everybody keeps saying, the third very large catastrophe or big accident at a nuclear plant we've had in a long time. but yesterday there were people across germany concerned about more nuclear power. what sit about nuclear...

Explosive . that resulted in the explosion. >> harris: the hinden burg. that is a good example of what that substance can do. 12 mile evacuation zone. what does that tell you? >> we are concerned that that is in fact undersized if this reactor blows up. we are concerned about the affect of once it that containment is lost and the structure that surrounds all of that nuclear fuel as it melts down. it would spread tremendous amounts of radio activity and it will be born on the weather and however far the weather will take it. >> harris: the wind and rain. >> that is clearly the concern right now...