Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Akita, Japan: Anderson Cooper) Breaking news on a second fire in reactor 4 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan reported; map and new hazy video and video* of the tsunami hitting shown; details given about the remaining workers inside, about radiation fears and logistical problems after the earthquake.

(Akita, Japan: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with MIT's Jim Walsh and CNN's Tom Foreman about the reactors. [WALSH - comments on the seriousness of the fire in reactor 4, the concerns with reactors 1, 2, 3, the smoke from the fires carrying cesium 137.] [Using diagrams, FOREMAN - comments on radioactivity in the reactor fuel rods.]

(Akita, Japan: Anderson Cooper) The timeline of the last five days starting with the earthquake and tsunami and with the escalating crisis with the problems at the nuclear power plant reviewed; scenes and Fukushima reactors diagrams shown.

(Akita, Japan: Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta) A discussion continued about the power plants, the exposure of the workers and people around, the problems with taking protective iodine pills. [WALSH - comments on the problems with fuel rods; asks where is the government and the IAEA, which should be helping manage what is happening; outlines the worst-case scenario at the power plants.]