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Helicopters and water cannons to try to cool down a damaged nuclear reactor. it's a desperate attempt to prevent a meltdown. helicopters are trying to drop sea water on the overheated fuel pool at the reactor. choppers jumped 7 -- dumped 7 1/2 tons of sea water with each of the four passes. radiation levels remain high after the initial attempts, but the plant owner says the effort will continue. we want to bring back cnn contributor jim walsh. he's an international security analyst at mit. all right, so a lot of things have been attempted now. you've got the water, then the attempt to get the...

New explosion at the puke seem fukushima power station. this happened in the number two reactor. it may have damaged the reactor's containment vessel. units one and three had explosions saturday as well as yesterday morning. 11 people were injured yesterday, now there are three overheating reactors to be concerned about. all three have been rocked by explosions. all three are in danger of melting down completely. the possible outcome is a three mile island situation. three mile island times three. the worst case scenario obviously. the nightmare scenario is chernobyl times three. it's now comp...

Explosion, the third at the fukushima daiichi power station south of here. this is the power station we've been watching closely now for the last several days. this new explosion happened in the number two reactor. it's a very ominous development and may have damaged the reactor's containment vessel. units one and three had explosions saturday as well as yesterday morning local time. 11 people were injured yesterday. now there are three overheating reactors to be concerned about. all three have been rocked by explosions. all three are in danger of melting down completely. the possible outcome ...

Daiichi power station south of here. this is the power station we've been watching closely for the last several days. the new explosion happened in the number two reactor. it is a very ominous development. it may have damaged the reactor's containment vessel. units one and three, you may remember, had explosions on saturday as well as yesterday morning local time. 11 people were injured yesterday. so now there are three overheating reactors to be concerned about. all three now have been rocked by explosions. all three are in danger of melting down completely. the possible outcome, possible out...

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