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Hundreds of thousands were evacuated. more than 200,000 people were permanently moved. a 19 mile radius around the plant is still called the zone of alienation. not considered fit for human habitation. hundreds of square miles of eastern europe were hit by radioactive fallout from chernobyl, and health consequences were significant, particularly in terms of thyroid cancer. rates of thyroid cancer 50 to 100 times higher than before the disaster in yu rain and bell a rus. one of our guests will be a best selling author now with the council on foreign relations. she wrote for the council on forei...

It is very unlikely that the exposures are traveling in con centric circles, but i think the judgment has been that yes, 50 mile radius is what's been advocated. >> in terms of what has been released thus fir in terms of radiation, obviously we had some radioactive releases from the plants. that's what we have seen in terms of different readings from different japanese cities about how much radiation they're detecting there. bigger worry is there could be an even larger release of radiation at some point in the future. based on what's happened so far, what might happen in the future, who will ...

Information how the exposures are distributed. what's been released, where it is going. it is very unlikely that the exposures are traveling in con centric circles, but i think the judgment has been that yes, 50 mile radius is what's been advocated. >> in terms of what has been released thus fir in terms of radiation, obviously we had some radioactive releases from the plants. that's what we have seen in terms of different readings from different japanese cities about how much radiation they're detecting there. bigger worry is there could be an even larger release of radiation at some point i...

After seeing that explosion it's hard to believe that there aren't large quantities of radioactivity escaping. the japanese government, the japanese military, the nuclear power industry in japan. they're the ones with the radiation monitors. so, we have to listen to them to hear what the levels of radioactive fallout are at this point. one figure i heard was 1,000 microseeners per hour at the the front entrance of the filth. a hundred millirem per hour. and these are all hazardous health risks and people who are receiving these doses, and established by the national academy of sciences and eve...

Crews there have temporarily stopped drilling the relief well because of a tropical depression approaching that area. the storm is expected to strengthen today. drill willing likely be suspended for two or three days. investigators are now on the scene of the plane crash that killed form er governor ted stevens to figure out why it went down. and president obama is looking to boost jobs in the manufacturing sector today. other stories making headlines on a wednesday, new concerns over the wildfires in russia. fires are now burning in the area othe country that is coded with radioactive f...