This program is 28 minutes long
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(Japan: Diane Sawyer) A trip inside Japan featured; aerial view of the flooding, water carrying cars, homes, the surging water, cars piled in the street. cars and people in line for gasoline and food and water, a shelter, people searching for the missing, rescue operations, inside a ravaged home shown.
(Japan: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Koriyama: David Muir) The efforts by the Japanese government to avoid a catastrophic meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant examined; scenes shown of people being tested for radiation, reactor building explosions; details given {with diagrams} of fear of a complete meltdown and whether the people are getting a true story about the radiation.
(Japan: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Washington: Martha Raddatz) What the State Department is saying about the nuclear dangers in Japan examined; details given about safety precautions. [Nuclear policy expert Joe CIRINCIONE†- explains how the reactors could melt and fuse and how contamination could be spread by the wind and be blown across the Pacific.]
(Japan: Diane Sawyer) The upgrading of the quake from 8.9 to 9.0 noted.
(Ishinomaki: Clarissa Ward) A look at the areas of northern Japan hit hardest by the quake featured; scenes shown from Ishinomaki of devastated ghost towns along the coast, including inside a house and a shelter.
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(San Onofre, California: David Wright) The questions about US nuclear power reactors examined in light of what is happening in earthquake-stricken Japan; scenes shown from San Onofre, California, in America's earthquake country and from Japan. [Southern California Edison chief nuclear officer Pete DIETRICH†- says we're safe.] [US Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Gregory JACZKO†- cites the earthquake standards.] [Beyond Nuclear radioactive waste watchdog Kevin KAMPS†- explains "station blackouts" and US backup batteries.]
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(Tokyo: Christiane Amanpour) The issue of the magnitude of the disaster in Japan from the earthquake and tsunami examined; details given about Japanese preparedness and of the need for getting food and water to survivors; scenes shown of northern Japan from the air. [Japanese Red Cross Satoshi SUGAI†- outlines the challenges of the relief operation.]
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