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(Tokyo: Lester Holt) The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami and the growing nuclear crisis featured; details given of concerns about spent fuel rods, breaches in containment vessels, leaking radiation and the cooling efforts at the stricken nuclear plant; scenes shown of smoke and steam billowing from the plant, Emperor Akihito†† on TV, people leaving Sendai, people getting checked for radiation levels, empty store shelves in Tokyo, a rescue team searching for survivors, a body pulled from the rubble. [MAN – says people are worried because we don’t understand radioactivity.] [WOMAN – says there is no water and no food.] [British rescuer Steve DAVIS†- comments.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) The disagreement between the US and Japan about the radiation levels noted. [US Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Gregory JACZKO†- says we believe radiation levels are extremely high.]
(London: Anne Thompson) What is behind the disagreement featured; details given about the denial from Tokyo Electric Power Co. {TEPCO} that there is problem at Reactor 4.
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Miyako, Japan: Angus Walker) The difficult search for survivors in Miyako featured; scenes shown from the devastated fishing town where soldiers are searching for bodies, a boat slamming into a bridge as the tsunami came in, the lists of survivors. [WOMAN – reacts to the disaster.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Myers) Concerns about the design of the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant featured; diagrams shown of the Mark I†† reactors; details given about GE’s upgrades to Mark I reactors in the US and questions involving TEPCO’s record. [Former GE engineer Dale BRIDENBAUGH†- outlines his concerns.] [Federation of American Scientists Charles FERGUSON†- wonders about Japan’s safety culture.] [Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Philip WHITE†- says we have been saying much larger earthquakes can occur than the government has taken into account.]
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(Manama: John Ray) The crackdown on anti-government protestors in Bahrain featured; scenes shown of protestors’ tents burning, military troops and helicopters, reinforcement troops from Saudi Arabia.
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(Cairo: Andrea Mitchell) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Middle East featured; scenes shown from Cairo, Egypt. [In Tahrir Square, CLINTON – speaks about the revolution.] [In interview, CLINTON says a unilateral action would not be the best approach in Libya; notes a no-fly zone is an option; comments on Saudi Arabia’s attacks on protestors in Bahrain.]
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(Tokyo: Lee Cowan) The journey from Yamagata to Tokyo to escape the radiation zone after the nuclear disaster featured; scenes shown of rescue vehicles heading toward the tsunami zone, people getting checked for radiation.
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