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Says the radiation levels there are still within legal limits. the damage is massive, the latest estimates putting the death toll at 10,000. there are still 15,000 japanese citizens that are missing. the latest explosion is prompting the government to ask residents near the affected areas to stay inside. rescue crews are working tirelessly to get food and water to millions who have been going without any vital resources for days. and we're still not getting reports on current radiation levels. now, americans helping in the relief effort have been exposed to radiation. 17 service members were...

Through a radioactive cloud and was coated with particulate radiation. explain to us what those type of effects can possibly be for the people that were exposed. >> i think it's a perfect example -- it's not your fault at all, of course -- the hysteria of the radiation. the navy explained that the "uss ronald reagan" and a helicopter were exposed to enough radiation in a dhai we all get exposed to in a month. far less radiation you get from a chest x-ray, about one-thousandth of that. even less radiation than you get from flying across the country in an airplane. so we're talking about really ...

The plant, it is reportedly now losing coolant. bringing fresh concerns over its stability. meantime, "the new york times" is reporting that the u.s. pentagon is reporting that the "uss ronald reagan" traveled through a radioactive cloud and crew on deck are believed to have received a month's worth of radiation in an hour. meanwhile, experts are weighing in on the potential impact at home if a disaster as devastating as the one that hit japan were to hit quake-prone areas here. for that we go to tracey potts. >> reporter: the obama administration wants to build more nuclear facilities here ...

Is going to be getting all day long. temperatures in this region are flirting with the freezing mark now, but warming up throughout date and getting into the low 40s, now late monday and into tuesday, we think there is going to be some rain coming in with the storm system so that kind of makes it feel a little bit colder and kind of holds the weather conditions in place. in fact quo, see a little bit of snow possibly mixing in on tuesday morning but no real accumulations are going to be expected with that now, the next thing that we worry about are the wind conditions and what's going to be ha...

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...