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Japan / Earthquake and Tsunami / Nuclear Crisis #994447

NBC Evening News for Monday, Mar 28, 2011
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The detection in the US of trace amounts of radiation from Japan noted; map shown. [Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner John AUERBACH†- says the drinking water supply is unaffected.]

(Tokyo: Lee Cowan) The struggle to contain the radiation and get the damaged reactors under control updated; details given about the problem from leaking radioactive water and the rush to buy Geiger counters; animation, scenes from the Fukushima nuclear plant and coffins for earthquake victims shown. [Carnegie Endowment for International Peace James ACTON†- says there is no playbook that tells you what to do.] [Newscaster Keiko KITAGAWA†- reports plutonium has been found in soil.]

(Studio: Brian Williams) The 32nd anniversary of the Three Mile Island accident reported; scenes shown from Middletown, Pennsylvania of the plant and the gathering today.

Reporter(s):
Williams, Brian;
Cowan, Lee
Duration:
00:04:20

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