four of japan s 17 nuclear power plants automatically shut down. standard procedure following an earthquake. multiple generators kick in to keep the reactors cool and safe. or at least that s what is supposed to occur. nearly eight hours after the quake, reports that the cooling system at the fukushima daiichi new leer power plant located near one of the hardest hit areas is not working. those living within a mile and a half of the plant are ordered to evacuate. 2:00 a.m. saturday morning, radiation levels in the plant are said to be rising. but sunrise saturday morning, there s confirmation the tsunami wiped out the generators causing cooling systems to fail. a nuclear emergency is declared. later that afternoon, hydrogen buildup within reactor one sparks an explosion and causes the roof to collapse and injures four workers. with safety concerns escalating, the evacuation zone is extended to 12 1/2 miles. translator: we evacuated
standard procedure following an earthquake. multiple generators kick in to keep the reactors cool and safe. or at least that s what is supposed to occur. nearly eight hours after the quake, reports that the cooling system at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant is not working. those living within a mile and a half of the plant are ordered to evacuate. 2:00 a.m. saturday morning, radiation levels in the plant are said to be rising. by sun rise saturday morning, there s confirmation the tsunami wiped out the generators causing cooling systems to fail. a nuclear emergency is declared. later that afternoon, hydrogen buildup within reactor one sparks an explosion, and injures four workers. with safety concerns escalating, the evacuation zone is extended to 12 1/2 miles. translator: we evacuated immediately after the explosion. all the people in my community fled away. workers scrambled to cool the
multiple generators kick in to keep the reactors cool and safe. or at least that s what is supposed to occur. nearly eight hours after the quake, reports that the cooling system at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant is not working. those living within a mile and a half of the plant are ordered to evacuate. 2:00 a.m. saturday morning, radiation levels in the plant are said to be rising. by sunrise saturday morning, there s confirmation the tsunami wiped out the generators causing cooling systems to fail. a nuclear emergency is declared. later that afternoon, hydrogen buildup within reactor one sparks an explosion that causes the roof to collapse and injures four workers. with safety concerns escalating, the evacuation zone is extended to 12 1/2 miles. translator: we evacuated immediately after the explosion. we were scared then. all the people in my community fled away. workers scrambled to cool the reactor, using seawater in a last-ditch effort to prevent a
supposed to occur. nearly eight hours after the quake, reports that the cooling system at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant is not working. those living within a mile and a half of the plant are ordered to evacuate. 2:00 a.m. saturday morning, radiation levels in the plant are said to be rising. by sunrise saturday morning, there s confirmation the tsunami wiped out the generators causing cooling systems to fail. a nuclear emergency is declared. later that afternoon, hydrogen buildup within reactor one sparks an explosion that causes the roof to collapse and injures four workers. with safety concerns escalating, the evacuation zone is extended to 12 1/2 miles. translator: we evacuated immediately after the explosion. we were scared then. all the people in my community fled away. workers scrambled to cool the reactor, using seawater in a last-ditch effort to prevent a meltdown. sunday morning, tokyo electric
system had been voiced as early as 1972. even more troubling, that same design is used here in america. new york times reporting that 23 reactors in 16 states use the containment vessel developed by ge which to this say is a make stakeholder in this network. experts have called for decades that this particular system may be more susceptible to explosions from hydrogen buildup, which is precisely what we have seen in japan. now, there are 66 nuclear power plants in the u.s., containing a total of 104 liceed nuclear reactors. the reactor with the highest riskรง rating, none other than w york s independencian point energy center. you can see how close it is to north america s most pop you lated city. to the west coast we go, the