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>> that's right, becky. we talked a little bit earlier, becky, about what the worst case scenarios could be. and really, if you're looking at the government's situation and the nuclear officials here, this is already getting into worse than they would have ever hoped for. it's an unprecedented situation. of course, the knock on effect with the nuke clear reactors. they shut down after the quake. from the cooling problems we see steam having to be released, the nuke clear authorities saying some radio activity was released with that steam. an exclusion 10 kilometer zone has been set up. then we...

Residents have been evacuated from the area and they are not alone. the cooling system has failed at a second fukushima plant, triggering a second evacuation. let's cross to stand now. he joins us from tokyo. what do we know? >> becky, this is an ongoing situation. this is now secondary and really an unprecedented situation here for japan. this is one of the most nuclear countries in the world. the nuclear reactors affected about a third of the country's electricity. the power outage sparked another problem. that was a problem of cooling the reactors. this is a problem you've mentioned before,...

That it leaked radiation into the air. four workers on the ground were injured in the blast. japan's nuclear agency believes a fuel rod may have melted after the system's cooling system failed. residents have been evacuated from the area. a cooling system has failed at a second nuclear plant, triggering a second explosion. time is running out since failure to cool the reactor could have or would have disastrous consequences. >> this is the situation that has the potential for a nuclear catastrophe. and it's basically a race against time. because what has happened is that plant operators have n...

Needlessly alarmist but there has been a release of radio activity which might not be that serious. issue is can they cool the core. >> in terms of information, james, thank you. stay with fox news for continuing coverage of the deadly earthquake in japan. we're going to bring you breaking developments as they come into us. "the o'reilly factor" is next. good night from washington, d.c.. my doctor said most calcium supplements... aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food.

Giving radio activity in the ground and air and water and cares a plum that goes across the pacific and in united states or south in tokyo. they are worst case sceniarios and increased of exposures of hundreds of thousands of civilians and the increases of chances was cancer in their lifetime. >> the fact they are handing out iodine tab lets. >> not only evacuating people from the area around but handing out iodine tab lets so you can see if it your incidents of absorption of radioactive iodine is increasing: >> can you figure out that. >> you can figure that out quickly. this is a common defe...