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Die lute over time and it will reduce.lute over time and it wi reduce. in germany they're experiencing cesium 137 in the wild boars that ate mushrooms from chernobyl, and that was 25 years ago. within 100 miles you'll be watching the fish a good 25 years. >> stay within 100 miles of the plant, because most of the discussion from the japanese government has been and the united states government has said maybe a 50-mile radius. you think it goeswyway beyond this. >> out in the ocean i think it will. the fish move, the currents move and it will push that cesium into the deep ocean and also, more ...

Explain why has i pull out another satellite image. we've talked about this in the past. this is another angle. it's four, three, two, one here. but as you see these blue pumps here, these are backup pumps, right? safety pumps along here. and you can see if you come in close -- i'll bring it up a little bit -- they have been severely damaged if not debilitated. help us understand the significance. >> yeah. no one ever thought that you'd be pumping watter into a nuclear reactor and letting it run out of the bottom, feed and bleed. that was not the plan in the case of an accident. the plan was y...

Breaking news concerning the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan. they told cnn about three hours ago workers succeed in the plugging the leak in reactor number two which was releasing high scho highly radioactive water. but they intentionally pumped tons of lower radioactive water out of the facility again, into the ocean. here to help us better understand the situation, a nuclear safety advocate who consults with vermont state government about the vermont nuclear power plant. let's start with tokyo electric power saying it has plugged the big league in reactor number two by using 1500 lit...

We have hundreds of tons of water poured on reactor two and one, and three and four to cool the overheating fuel roads. it is evapiate turning in team. but run off as well and it appear that it is water clecking in the maintenance pool is seeping through the crack and contaminating the sea. it is a set back. because now the workers trying to wrestle with the reactor problems have to deal with the leak and highly radioactive water which is dangerous to do. it means solver the bigger problem and gettinginose containment vessels under control is going to take longer. how much longer can the tepco...

Evening building in the city of kesennuma. new concerns at the damaged fukushima plant. water is reported to be at least 100,000 times what it should be for coolants in the reactor. jim walsh puts that into perspective for us. >> reporter: the government suggests that water is leaking out of the reactor itself. that is the first time the government suggested that was the case. we had water in reactor one and water in reactor two and water in reactor three. if this is coming from reactor two, it coming from directly inside the reactor. that means the containment vessel is cracked or broken. tha...