This program is 29 minutes long
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(Washington: Martha Raddatz) The US help for the Japanese against the "nuclear monster" by sending in water pumps featured; scenes shown of failed efforts to hose down the red-hot Fukushima nuclear reactors, the damages to reactors 3 and 4, both of which could melt down; details given about a new electrical power line to the plant and how the Japanese are finally seeing how critical this is. Statistics on radiation at the power plants 4, 3, 2, 1 and further on out cited
(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Osaka: Clarissa Ward) The concerns about people living within range of the power plants examined; scenes shown from a nursing home 15 miles from the plant; details given about safety zones. [Purdue University radiation safety officer Jim SCHWEITZER†- explains how staying inside the house is protective.]
(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Studio: David Muir) The dangers facing brave workers inside the Fukushima plant featured; scenes shown of the plants and from a "US News and World Report" video about what happened to workers at Chernobyl; details given from reports from the men. [MAN - describes what happened to the Chernobyl workers.] The plant workers discussed.
(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Concern in the US about the spread of radiation across the Pacific Ocean outlined. [President OBAMA - says we don't expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the US.]
(Seattle: Neal Karlinsky) The sensors that will detect any radiation reaching the US featured; scenes shown. [MAN - shows the sensors.] [White House health preparedness and response director John ERICKSON†- says we want to make sure.]
(Studio: Diane Sawyer, Richard Besser) The reassurance about the radiation levels, the side effects of the iodine pill and questions about radiation getting into cow's milk as in Chernobyl discussed.
(Studio: Diane Sawyer) The epic proportions of the human crisis in Japan featured; scenes shown of people fleeing the waters from the tsunami, rescue workers, debris in a hospital, a home for the elderly.
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(Studio: Dan Harris) Questions about the safety of the American nuclear power plants examined; statistics on the 104 US power plants cited; details given about the consensus view from the experts. [Senator Barbara BOXER, Representative Ed MARKEY - raise nuclear questions.] [In speech, President OBAMA - says our nuclear power plants are safe.] [Constellation Energy Group COO Michael WALLACE†- says US nuclear power plants are safe.]
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