Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120312:01:33:00
>> but the explosion at reactor 1 was just the beginning of things to come. >> there's a lot going on in japan right now. >> at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, along japan's northeastern coast, four reactors are crippled by the earthquake when their power shuts down. >> they all shut down as they're designed to immediately. but when a reactor shuts down, there's still radioactive decay going on there. >> making matters worse, back-up generators are designed to keep the water circulation system flowing so that the reactors can cool, but they fail. >> then the tsunami came through, so they ...
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