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Cracked. if its core melts down, it could seep out and release radioactive plumes. the japanese government has ordered everyone within 12 miles of the fukushima plant to evacuate and told people up to 19 miles away to close their windows and stay inside. the u.s. is more cautious, ordering americans within 50 miles to leave. president obama sought to ease worries about the 104 nuclear power plants in the u.s. >> i've asked the nuclear regulatory commission to do a comprehensive review of the safety of our domestic nuclear plants. >> reporter: the reactor emergency has overshadowed japan's huma...

The fire. stan grant, cnn, tokyo. >> stan is following all the stories up to the minute. and we're still trying to sort through exactly how significant is this health wise. but we do know that radioactive material is being released in northeastern japan. we're going to our meteorologist jennifer delgado in atlanta this morning. what do we know right now about the winds and how they may perhaps be carrying the nuclear plumes? radioactive plumes? >> right now we've been dealing with winds coming in from the east-northeasterly direction for the last five to six hours and that's not the directio...