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(No location given: Dan Harris) The impact of the earthquake and tsunami on Japan featured; scenes shown of people in the street, inside a bookstore and a store, school kids running, a wave of water coming ashore and overrunning everything in the port, floating cars, homes, a village and ships.
(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Some descriptions of the earthquake presented; video shown. [Three PEOPLE - react to the quake.]
(studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The impact of the earthquake and tsunami on Japan reviewed; Tweets from Japan quoted; scenes shown of the wave in north Japan, ships, waves, cars and planes. ABC virtual view shown of the earthquake and ocean waves.
(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Studio" Chris Cuomo) The concerns about the 40-year-old nuclear plant in Japan examined; scenes shown of the nuclear power plant that is in Jeopardy; details given about the knockout of primary and backup pumps. [Nuclear policy expert Joe CIRINCIONE†- comments on the plant and this worst-case accident.] The 1979 accident at Three Mile Island in the US recalled. [MIT Richard LESTER†- says no significant radioactivity was released from the Three Mile Island plant.]
(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Live discussion held with physicist Michio Kaku† about the nuclear reactor in Japan. [KAKU - says the nuclear plants were never designed for an 8.9 earthquake; explains what happened to the backup system, which is out, too.]
(Studio: Diane Sawyer; Tokyo: Akiko Fujita) The impact of the disaster on Tokyo and the aftershocks discussed; scenes shown of cars on the road and stranded commuters sleeping.
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(Santa Monica: Bill Weir) The impact of the earthquake and tsunami on the California coast and the issue of disaster readiness reviewed; scenes shown of the water in Hawaii and California; details given about the 1923 quake in Japan that led to preparedness and warning systems. [Californian Donell JAMES - comments on lack of readiness.] [L.A. County office of emergency management John FERNANDES†- talks about Japan's preparations to thwart earthquakes.]
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