Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Katie Couric) The disaster in Japan introduced; casualty figures cited; details given about the search for victims, foreign aid for survivors and the nuclear crisis. \

(Fukushima and Koriyama: Celia Hatton) A second explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant reactors examined; photos and map shown; details given about radiation levels detected by the USS Ronald Reagan; scenes shown of the cars leaving Koriyama. [DRIVER - comments.]

(Studio: Katie Couric) Stories of dramatic rescue and reunions reported; scenes and photos shown of rescued children.

(Sendai: Bill Whitaker) The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Sendai featured; scenes shown of the water sweeping away cars and homes, the devastation left behind and people on the school roof after another siren warning. [MAN - compares it to Hiroshima.] [WOMAN - says everything is gone.]

(Studio: Katie Couric) Report introduced.

(Natori: Ben Tracy) The wasteland of the farming town of Natori featured; scenes shown of the wreckage and the search for bodies. [MAN - comments on the tsunami: it is sad.]

(Studio: Katie Couric) The financial crisis in the wake of the disaster noted; Stock Market Report.

(Tokyo: Lucy Craft) The financial repercussions after the earthquake examined; disaster footage shown; details given about the role of the national bank, the suspension of industries in the north and long lines at gas stations.

(Studio: Katie Couric) The whereabouts of reporter Lucy Craft's son Kohei Takada† updated.

(Studio: Katie Couric) How the nuclear power plants that have been damaged work presented; diagrams of the reactor that produces energy shown; details given about what happened at Chernobyl. [Nuclear safety consultant Cham DALLAS†- offers a metaphor for nuclear fission; explains how you turn off a reactor, but the backup systems failed so sea water is being used as coolant.]