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So based on these facts, we raised the international nuclear event scale to five. >> well, officials say the level five rating only applies to the damaged reactors two and three. that means a likelihood of a limited amount of radioactive material and severe damage to the reactor core. an assessment that is now more in line with what the united states had two days ago, they decided not to expand the tw 12-mile evacuation zone. inside the damaged reactor building, workers spent the day trying to restore electricity. now at reactor four, the nuclear agency rates that a level three. in other words...

Damaged reactors two and three. that means a likelihood of a limited release of radioactive material, possible deaths from radiation and severe damage to the reactor core. despite the reassessment, though an assessment that is now more in line with what the united states had two days ago, they decided not to expand the 12-mile evacuation zone. u.s. officials advised americans to evacuate 50 miles. tons of water was sprayed on reactor three on friday in an attempt to refill the storage pool. inside the damaged reactor building, workers spent the day trying to restore electricity. now at reactor...

Nuclear reactors, and 23 are the same design as the fukushima nuclear plant. as we look at the multiple crises in japan, the obvious question is this -- could the same thing happen here in the united states? jim walsh joins us again. he's a nuclear security expert. he's been looking into this question. jim, welcome. >> good to be with you. >> first, jim, i got to start -- yesterday we had this dramatic tension between what the chairman of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission was saying, he was saying you have no water in unit four norfolk japan -- unit four over in japan, and 24 hours later ...