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Rods had been fully exposed. the radioactive readings have gone up, and they have evacuated operators not directly involve with the most urgent of the evacuations there. the damage was done in the suppression pool. you have a nuclear reactor, you have the rods right near, radio. you need to keep the temperatures cool to keep from having a meltdown. they're fully exposed. that raises the risk of a full meltdown. now there is a problem in the suppression pool, evacuation of the operators being carried out. this is the first time in this crisis that has happened. some operators being taken out. w...

>> we are having the same sort of technical issues you are having. the winds picked up. we have heard of the potential of the radiation release. the suppression pool that you spoke about moments ago and that news just come in. the government has been worried about for a number of days at more than just a location where the explosion took place today. that is definitely a significant development as we know, as we have been reporting. they have been pumping sea water in to try and help as a desperate measure to keep things under control there and we do know that the iaea has been asked today to ...

Welcome back, if you're just joining us, here's the latest news you need to know right now. first the break news. just announced there's been another explosion. >> translator: this morning, from 6:00 to 6:15, there was a big impact or explosive impact. around 6:14. we heard a strange sound around the suppression pool and the pressure changed. the control area may have experienced some kind of problem. >> that problem in the number two reactor, the number two

This container vessel is the last line of defense to prevent the radioactive waste from being release to the outside. and i think that explosion occurred somewhere at around pressure suppression room. suppression pool is one of the cooling systems for the reactor. water is contaminated radioactive substances. so if any crack is formed around this portion, that means that the radioactive substances will be released outside. that is why very high level of radiation was observed outside. that's why the operators have been evacuated. it seems like a very serious situation is going on because conta...

You can explain it. the backup cooling system failed. what they're going to try, they say, is to bring sea water in to try to bring down the temperature of the reactor back to safe levels. have you heard of that strategy? >> well, i'm hearing it now, that's kind of in my mind, what they were probably doing is pulling water from what's called the compression pool, but what's the diesel generators they have no way to cool down the water in that suppression pool, so as they run it through the core, it's heating up and then putting hot water back into the core. so the fact that they're looking at ...