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Boiling water reactors where the core melts and will drop through the containment vessel. then you want to make sure that the concrete which is feet thick can contain that molten core. if that fails, then that is really the worst case scenario that the entire containment structure collapses, then we have massive releases of highly radioactive material. >> and that material that would be released in a case like that would be released in a gassy us form? a radioactive cloud that could move? >> once it is hot, it hits other structures, you get fire, smoke, particulat particulates, then ground con...

A presidential assassination this day in history. 1865 john wilkes booth was killed by federal troops. he shot president lincoln 12 days earlier at fords theater. 24 years ago we first heard about the world's worst nuclear accident cher noble, a radioactive cloud. more than a hundred thousand people evacuated. hard to know how many people were affected. ♪ >> you know the music, the name, the face and the funny. in 1989 on this date we lost comedy legend lucille ball. she died at the age of 77. [ tires screech ] how a car performs in a quarter-mile? [ engine revs ] or a quarter-century? is pe...

Facility. earlier today, 11 people were hurt when a second hydrogen explosion rocked a nuclear plant that sent a column of smoke into the air. that blast was felt 25 miles away. but the plant's operator says radiation levels are fortunately still within the legal limits. meanwhile, the u.s. now says it's moved its ships and aircraft away from one of the quake-stricken plants, after discovering some low-level radioactive contamination. the new york city "times" is reporting that the "uss ronald reagan" passed through a radioactive cloud causing the crew to receive a month's worth of radiation...

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This morning of the "uss ronald reagan" traveling through a radioactive cloud. and you mentioned that the crew members on deck received they believe a month's worth of radiation in only an hour. and also officials are telling us that american helicopters flying missions to the north of the damaged reactors were coated with particulate radiation as well that had to be washed off of those helicopters. so they're still assessing the potential damage there. and testing people in that area as well as now the u.s. crew members who may have been exposed. >> kristen dahlgren on the ground for us in to...