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Anderson is reporting live from Japan tonight, where another fire has broken out at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. We also have developments on the rescue efforts and what's being done to help the survivors. Plus, a live report from Libya where Gadhafi forces gain ground in their march east.
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Good night everyone. Good night Anderson, Sanjay, and Soledad. Take care of yourselves. Good night Tom.
Take care Anderson, Gary, Sanjay & 360 crew.
Good night Emily, Mike, Starr, Nicole, Nancy in Oregon, Casey, & Megan.
My prayers are with Japan and all its people
Your reporting has been excellent, once again. I think the nuclear issue is going to dominate everything else, unfortunately. Please stay safe, Anderson!
It's likely that the 50 workers have reached the legal limit on radiation exposure, and that's why they left. They could be replaced with other workers in shifts to minimize exposure.
Thanks Anderson,
but it sounds like its time to leave Japan.
Good night, Anderson and staff, be very carefull take care and bless you all.
Regarding the nuclear plant in Japan. What I would like to know is what are we doing about this? There are a multitude of nuclear physicists that are paid to come up with solutions to this issue. Where is the contingency plan? If we can create something we should be able to introduce a new element (take water for instance you introduce hydrogen & 2 parts oxygen & it becomes water) to make the atoms split apart. What plus the items in this toxic mess can be introduced without equating a bigger disaster can help these negative ions break down & become next to nothing. Why aren't we coming to this solution? Just because this disaster is happening somewhere else why aren't we whom are in safe areas & have time to think about this thinking about this?
if all the reactors were shut down,wouldn't they cool faster but not so fast to be deemed dangerous?
whether "good news" or "bad news" about the remaining few workers, one needs to know – not knowing is worse
@ Anderson
Get out of there! That wind could shift and if the workers are leaving because of a potential meltdown... that is not good news. Stay safe. Reporting is vital, but your life is even more important..
Good Night everyone
If the private company had been withholding information from the Prime Minister of Japan, then the PM has every right to have used profanity.
Dr.Gupta, Anderson, Soledad and crews~ thank you for your brave reportiing. God speed~
Good night, everyone.
We definitely need more research on managing nuclear energy and emergency planning. Especially because the plants seem to be dependent upon using sea water and many are located in seismically active areas along the coast.
I agree that this is worse than TMI, but not as bad as Chernobyl. The amount of radiation released to date is very small.
Good Night Everyone! CNN's crew, stay safe!
I agree, Vince. The people should not get lost in the 'war of theories'.
If I was Anderson and staff I would be asking about the pill. Don't wait until it's to late, guys. I have a Thyroid disease it's not a good thing to have. Take care guys ask many questions if you are not getting any answers, that's not good big time!
If we rapidly cooled the core down with something like nitrogen, with the pressure at which the vessel is, it would crack the vessel in half, releasing ALL of the fission products and radiation. Its a balance of cooling vs time, we cant just "ice it". That would be more catastrophic then what is going on now.
Can't they start filling the reactors with concrete to completely contain the danger?
@Jim Marks
That sounds like a very good point! Anderson, I hope you will see Jim's comments and see if you can obtain the type of information he has suggested.
@Starr: yes, I agree that we may never know all the details about what happened there. Some will come out but maybe not for years. Right now it's like a collective holding of our breath to find out the ultimate outcome.
Anderson and Team, many thanks for the live updates tonight. Stay safe.
I think his statement was very clear. The situation at the plant has become so very dangerous, with the radiation levels so high, that they were "forced to withdraw", much the same as troops sometimes have to withdraw. This doesn't mean that they won't be going back but they wouldn't be withdrawing unless necessary, that's for sure.
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See you tomorrow night, Have a great night & Sleep tight everyone!!!
I don't understand why they keep talking about the gamma radiation. When you see the video of the people being scanned, they are being scanned for particulate radiation. Gamma radiation does not "stick" to you, it goes right through you. Alfa and Beta can get on your skin and in your lungs. The reason for staying inside your house is to keep the particles from getting on you. Also, the wind will not blow the gamma rays out to sea. If there are alfa and beta blown up into the air, that could be blown out to sea or over the country. A house may have a small amount of shielding but gamma rays will go right through. You should check that out.