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Meltdown or some problem with the core in reactor one. is that reversible? >> actually, there's only one way. it usually goes down. you can stop it and keep it, you know, at a steady level, but you don't recover that reactor core. whatever's melted has melted. and what they have to focus on now is not getting any more melting down. >> and what about these high elevations? the radiation, 100,000 times normal level at reactor two and 10,000 the normal level of radiation at reactor three? altogether, what does this indicate when it comes to their efforts to try to stop any more problems at those ...

It isn't there anymore. the entire city was washed away by the tsunami's waves in ten minutes. right now the temperature is rising inside reactor number one at the daiichi power station. engineers will attempt to cool it and stop further radiation from being released by increasing the flow of fresh water being pumped into the reactor core. that is all being planned for tomorrow when officials hope to switch over to a permanent power generator for the unit's cooling system. >> and at first they denied it but now nuclear safety officials in japan admit radioactive water is spilling from the daii...

Meltdowns do you think are going on there. >> we have at least three in reactors, one, two and three. the fuel rods have been exposed to the air for days now, almost all the experts believe that they have at least partially melted down. this is similar to what happened in three mile island, an incident that happened 32 years ago today, this is the anniversary of three mile island but it is not get in the category of a chernoble where it blew up and spewed radioactive material into the upper atmosphere. it is bad and getting worse. gregg: talk to us about the water that is apparently leaking ou...

And in the air near the reactors. sea waters in limpbt locations offshore had radiation levels as high as 1,850 times the normal amount. we have an expert on national safety here to talk about this. we're just learning about finding the plutonium in the soil. can you put this in perspective for snus. >> this starts to become relevant to the chernobyl days. that was one of the most horrible things i experienced in the plutonium fields. we still don't know in the reactor. >> what could it mean in the soil? >> well, it means something is getting out of the reactor core there. the plutonium in uni...

It shows the waves surging onto streets and washing away cars lined up in a parking lot. nbc's charles hadlock is following developments from seoul, south korea. where do we stand on this contaminated sea water. >> reporter: well, more contamination has been find in and ornd the fukushima plant. japanese officials report that plutonium has now been found in five sites in and around the crippled plant. plutonium does not occur naturally, so it is coming from the plant. most probably from reactor number 3. that is the one that used processed nuclear fuel which contains plutonium. there's a probl...