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The pools are too damaged to hold water. u engineers developed a plan to fill them with sand and other materials. the japanese say it is not feasible, but outside experts disagree. >> the idea of putting that on the pool is that it provides protection so they can come back in and put water or something else on. it will shield that, stop radiation from leaking out, slow down all of what's going on, and give them time to make the next step happen. >> reporter: measurements taken by u.s. military planes show dangerous levels of radiation are confined to the area near the plant. according to inter...

Plant. this is the main road from fukushima into tokyo. it is the evening rush hour and the traffic should be going in that direction. instead, thousands of people are trying to get out of the town and into the main city. many traveled 150 miles to tokyo because they didn't trust the government's 12 mile evacuation plan. and tonight, scientists warn that there might be some danger from radiation, even here. >> tokyo is where nbc's chief science correspondent robert bezel joins us from tonight. good morning, bob. thank you very much for joining us. happy to have you with us. >> my pleasure, rac...

The radiation. so it is hard to say exactly what somebody should do if they can, just listen to the government and take adequate precautions. >> robert bezel in tokyo for us tonight. thank you for joining us, bob. appreciate it. >> thank you. plumes of radioactive steam are escaping into the atmosphere in japan. how radioactive are the plumes, where are they, where are they going next, and how can this all be kept in perspective? that and more next. [ male announcer ] if you've been to the hospital

It is the evening rush hour and the traffic should be going in that direction. instead, thousands of people are trying to get out of the town and into the main city. many traveled 150 miles to tokyo because they didn't trust the government's 12 mile evacuation plan. and tonight, scientists warn that there might be some danger from radiation, even here. >> tokyo is where nbc's chief science correspondent robert bezel joins us from tonight. good morning, bob. thank you very much for joining us. happy to have you with us. >> my pleasure, rachel. >> one in ten people in japan lives in tokyo. 13 mi...

So it is hard to say exactly what somebody should do if they can, just listen to the government and take adequate precautions. >> robert bezel in tokyo for us tonight. thank you for joining us, bob. appreciate it. >> thank you. plumes of radioactive steam are escaping into the atmosphere in japan. how radioactive are the plumes, where are they, where are they going next, and how can this all be kept in perspective? that and more next.