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The navy's moved three ships away from the radioactive cloud. and while u.s. troops are not on the ground trying to cool the reactor, navy helicopters continue search and rescue missions around there. we were told we are ready to deal with anything we come into contact with. and that could be radiation. indeed, two helicopter troops have been exposed to elevated levels, low levels, of radiation. and so far the treatment is soap and water and potassium iodide pills. also told me the marines have spent more protection to the area, but could not elaborate. will they continue to provide whatever a...

Radioactive cloud. while u.s. troops are not on the ground trying to cool the leaking reactor, navy helicopters continue search and rescue missions around there. marine second lieutenant croft told me, we are ready and prepared to deal with anything we may come into contact with,that could be radiation. two u.s. helicopter crews have already been exposed to elevated, albeit, low levels of radiation. actually we just got word from the pentagon, it's now giving helicopter pilots potassium iodide pills before they get to japan, as a precautionary measure. talk back today. are we asking too much o...

Already 17 crew members came back with low levels after flying through a radioactive cloud. so what is being done to protect our men and women? sons and daughters? cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has a closer look. >> reporter: we learned the u.s. military has given the japanese two water trucks in order to help cool down that malfunctioning reactor at the fukushima power plant. the japanese workers were trained on how to use those trucks at a u.s. military base near tokyo and then those workers have now taken the trucks out to the power plant. in addition, the u.s. military has now ...

Wind. it would be a dangerous, lethal radioactive cloud that would float up into the atmosphere. if the winds continue to blow from the west, great. no harm done except at the site itself. if the winds blew steadily from the north and then worse case you get precipitation -- rain or snow -- that pulls it out of the sky and drops it to the ground you have a situation where the health consequences would be worse than chernobyl. >> wow. worse than chernobyl. at fukushima, how long would the radiation stay there in that surrounding area? >> a lot of that radioactive material will last for hundreds...

And there is an explosion, which is happened at a couple of those reactor site and then that radioactive cloud is then disbursed into the air. the temperature inside of this can go to nearly 2,000 degrees fahrenheit, enough to melt the fuel rods. the big question today is, again, whether or not the enclosures will hold and whether they will be able to continue getting cool water in there to eventually get these fuel rods cooled down sufficiently and then getting rid of the risk. >> all right. as we continue to ask and get answers, one by one to these questions about the plant, there is also th...