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To which reactor is the problem. in either case, i would expect that the radiation levels would be from release of inert gases from the fuel. >> greta: is there a difference in damage that either could do? whether the 70% uncovered if it now goes down to zero, versus the fuel rods? in the end, does it make a difference if they are completely exposed in the end? >> biggest difference is that inside the reactor building units 1, 2 and 3, you have a pressure vessel and containment bidding. the issue is not whether the fuel has been damaged, we know it has been damaged. the question is, can the ra...

Being cooled. the reactor had be off-line at the time. they told us the fire is under control. now fast forward this afternoon -- well this afternoon your time, a reporter for the bbc sent out a tweet that there had been an explosion, at reactor number 4. we couldn't confirm that, to be could. a few hours later they tell us there's another fire at reactor number 4 in the same pool in the northeast corner in the same place where it happened yesterday many they don't tell us this say new fire. they tell us this is a fire that never was completely put out the day before. yesterday, they told us i...

One of the reactors was significantly damaged. what does that mean? >> first of all good evening greta. it is kind of hard to tell from the information that i've been able to receive, which reactor is the problem. my initial thought would be that reactor number 1, where allegedly 70% of the fuel is uncovered. there's probably less of an issue than the unit 4 if the problem there is exposing the spent fuel on the fuel floor. the fuel floor is between the fourth and fifth story, could be very difficult to get any kind of water pumped that high without having plenty of electrical power, outside p...

Levels increased rapidly. for a society that uses words carefully, and use nuance tones increase rapidly is a statement of great substance. let's put the facts together. reactor number 1, 70% exposed. which is tantamount to a meltdown. reactor number 2, 33% compromised. which is tantamount to something toward meltdown. reactor number 4, a fire yesterday, then it was put out oromething like that. then today a fire again at reactor number 4. the reactor where the rods were in a cooling pool they had been off-line before putting off steam they don't have enough water they will contaminate the air...

Radiation gets carried there. is no dispute this is a monstrous humanitarian disaster. shepard smith joins us live from tokyo where now just after 11 a.m.. >> shepard: good morning. it is hard to imagine all of these days late water the people of japan are dealing with. first a cataclysmic quake that we know was 9.0. followed by that a tsunami that no one predicted. follow that with a nuclear meltdown of sorts, of one reactor that explodes. another with a fire. now nuclear rods that are exposed sending we believe some sort of steam into the air that may contain radiation. thousands upon thousa...