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To what extent, we don't really know now. as they're unfolding very rapidly on an hour by hour, day by day basis and there are conflicting reports. >> reporter: if the reactors aren't too badly damaged and if the nuclear fuel tank can be refilled with water, control can be re-established. but the next few days are critical. david shukman, bbc news. >> as energy secretary was saying there, there are a lot of unknows, but we've been watching a lot of these flyovers from the helicopters trying to pour water on. there was discussion about doing acid and also just cement to entomb the reactor. >> t...

Starting in the 1960s have been controversial for years. in the 1970 dale bridenbaugh and two colleagues became known as the ge-3 when they quit over safety concerns about the mark i reactors, which they feared were not large or strong enough to contain radiation in the event of a meltdown. in fact, ge specifically marketed the mark i as cheaper and easier to build. bridenbaugh is watching the events in japan fearfully. >> you know, it's frightening to me that we've gotten into this situation where thousands of people may lose their lives as a result of this. >> reporter: after the ge-3 quit b...

Meltdown. sunday morning, tokyo electric power company, the owner of the fukushima daiichi plant, says integrity of the containment vessel of the reactor has not been compromised, yet three people test positive for radiation exposure. monday afternoon, a second explosion, reactor three's roof and walls give way, injuring six people. but once again, officials say no significant radiation was leaked. in towns nearby, fear takes hold. >> translator: i'm deeply depressed. i want to know exactly what's going on at the nuclear plant. i'm scared. >> translator: i'm scared because i can see the radiat...

Immediately after the explosion. we were scared then. all the people in my community fled away. >> workers scrambled to cool the reactor, using seawater in a last-ditch effort to prevent a meltdown. sunday morning, tokyo electric power company, the owner of the fukushima daiichi plant, says the integrity of the containment vessel of reactor one has not been compromised. yet three people test positive for radiation exposure around the plant. monday afternoon, a second explosion, reactor three's roof and walls give way, injuring six people. but once again, officials say no significant radiation ...

Spent fuel ponds increases. increases because they're not contained. unlike the reactors at one, two and three, there's no big concrete shielding for them. if they are compromised, it would be very serious indeed. >> let's display each of these different reactors. this is a confusing situation. i think it's important to point out what we know and what we don't know. there's a lot of information we don't know, and as we said, the japanese prime minister said to be furious with the company that runs the plant, because frankly they have not been, he believes, forthcoming with information as with ...