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Steam to escape. power is also being restore odd both reactors. so they are making progress. now, power lines are trying to be reconnected too. if that is successful, it will mean that one and two will have power and hopefully then three and four. this, of course, is a, you know, hopes. these are hopes. we know this is a very fluid situation. so restoring power to all six reactors by the end of tomorrow is, of course, natalie, the best-case scenario. >> all the while japan has increased the threat level to five. what does that mean exactly, anna? >> reporter: it has raised the alert level. thi...

Today saying, quote, we believe indian point is safe? if we didn't believe that we would have shut it down. and what about the relicensing of it? >> you know, yesterday the head of the nuclear regulatory commission said he hadn't even read the study that his agency released in september, 2010, ranking indian point the most dangerous plant. and, you know, the odds of a meltdown, of core damage at indian point, are bigger than the odds that you'll buy a powerball ticket and win a hundred bucks. >> the governor said he wants to obviously shut the plant down. you heard the sound bite. you say he's...

Commission said he hadn't even read the study that his agency released in september, 2010, ranking indian point the most dangerous plant. and, you know, the odds of a meltdown, of core damage at indian point, are bigger than the odds that you'll buy a powerball ticket and win a hundred bucks. >> the governor said he wants to obviously shut the plant down. you heard the sound bite. you say he's been advocating that for sometime. what is stopping him from doing just that? >> nothing is stopping him from doing that. >> why doesn't he do it? >> he is going to go to the nuclear regulatory commissio...

Normally it's 800 work e. now we have 50 beleaguered workers doing four simultaneous actions at the same time, let's get real. >> if one goes over the top, shall we say, goes to the meltdown, it may make it difficult to service the others. >> reactor 2 has a crack in its containment. reactor 3 also has a crack. here we have 70% core damage, here 33% core damage. i mean 800 workers can't even handle one meltdown. we have 50 workers with four simultaneous accidents. >> and seen as heroes in the country of japan as they work so hard. thank you for some of those solutions that he discussion in his...

Your people. earthquake-damaged nuclear plant in japan has many asking whether it could happen here. the nuclear regulatory commission compiled a list of the plants at highest risk of suffering core damage from earthquake. the results are surprising. the reactor with the biggest risk is at indian point in new