Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) The alarming situation inside Japan's troubled nuclear power plants after the earthquake introduced.

(Washington: Martha Raddatz) The realities of the nuclear crisis and calamity with the need to stop multiple meltdowns in a suicide mission examined; details given about what the workers are trying to do inside the plant where there are damages in reactors 1, 3, 2 and 4 and the radiation leakage; photos and diagrams shown of the destruction. The US call for Americans to evacuate noted.

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Live discussion held with nuclear expert Joe Circinione about the nuclear crisis. [CIRCINIONE - says the 50 workers are a last line of defense to prevent the core meltdown; explains what the worst-case scenario is for radiation reaching the US if the fuel catches fire and the cores melt in reactors 3, 2 and 1; explains the differences between what is happening in Japan as compared to Chernobyl.]

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

(New York: JuJu Chang) The brave emergency workers working within a wall of radiation and the conditions they are working in featured; photos shown of the anonymous recruits with family members quoted. [Former nuclear power plant operator Michael FRIEDLANDER†- talks about the brotherhood of the Fukushima 50.]

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) The fear on the ground in Japan introduced.

(Tokyo: Clarissa Ward) The fear of a nuclear catastrophe in Japan featured; scenes shown of the mobbed Tokyo airport, empty store shelves, lines of cars for gas. [Tokyo resident Galen WANGBERG†- comments.]

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

(Tokyo: David Muir) The scene at the airport in Tokyo as people leave featured; scenes shown.

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) The latest official death toll noted.

(Japan: Diane Sawyer) The work of rescue teams working in the snow in Japan featured; scenes** shown of the wreckage, families, bodies in makeshift morgues, lists of the dead and living, people praying, two dogs, a song "Yesterday" playing.