because there had been a radiation spike. and, in that time between leaving, coming back, the japanese authorities were really getting desperate to try to get water over those reactors and they did introduce a japanese military helicopter into the equation, and they had a huge bucket full of water they were going to drop onto the reactor, and they had to aborted, also, because of the high radiation levels. we do understand that they are now as i said back at the scene and, also, a police water canon has been introduced and they are pouring the water over the pond holding those fuel rods that have expired. but, they are concerned that that is boiling and that is where the high radiation is coming out of this at this time, so great concern here in japan, now that situation but those guys at that fukushima
japan and the stock market s dramatic turn today. our business editor is here to explain what is happening in the markets both in japan and right here in the u.s. looking forward to that. first, a major setback in efforts to cool the overheated nuclear reactors in japan. a surge of radiation has made it too dangerous for workers to stay inside that plant. the radiation spike was apparently the result of a release of pressure that had built up in one of the reactors. diana alvear has the latest from narita. hi, diana. reporter: good morning. it has been setback after setback for those poor workers at the fukushima nuclear facility. for days they ve been struggling to stabilize those reactors, but at this point even the prime minister sounds like he s losing hope. for the second time in as many days, a fire broke out at fukushima s united four reactor. while the immediate impact of the latest fire was not clear, previous explosions and fires prompted a warning from japan s prime
800 to 16,000 in days. 28 of those workers died within three months. that s a meltdown. that s the difference between some steam with radiation escaping from a nuclear plant and a meltdown. that s exactly right. one thing i do want to underscore is even where we ve seen radiation spike with some of these explosions at the nuclear plants in japan, the levels we re talking about are still far below that 800 to 16,000 level you hear about at chernob chernobyl. right. a number of people thought there was a nuclear explosion, which is different than an explosion at a nuclear plant. exactly right. that s an important piece of information to know. that shouldn t suggest that you shouldn t be concerned about safety in nuclear power generation, but good to put it in perspective for us. carl, thanks very much. thank you, ali. we re getting a lot of new information with what s going on with the nuclear reactors in
misrata and other ancient cities. smoke rose from the capital of tripoli. but the attacks did not stop moammar gadhafi from taking a ride through the streets of the capital, waving to residents there. unbelievable. all while secretary of state hillary clinton was in nato. the secretary tried to paper over nato differences even while standing next to angela merkel who opposed the military campaign. and as britain and france say nato is not doing enough to help the rebels. we are also sharing the same goal, which is to see the end of the gadhafi regime in libya, and we are contributing in many ways in order to see that goal realized. and authorities in japan revealed that a radiation spike at the unstable fukushima power plant occurred after an errant water level that left some spent
people showing they re on his side. but the u.n. says 37 people have been killed in a deadly crackdown on protesters. now to the nuclear crisis in japan where there s been an unprecedented radiation spike at sea. take a look at these new aerial photos in fukushima showing just how badly these reactors are damaged. meanwhile, tests on the ocean water surrounding the crippled power plant show radiation spiking to more than 3,000 times normal levels. by far the highest reading recording since the tsunami hit. it seems all the stress from this nuclear night hair is too much to take for the president of the power company. he s suffering from fatigue. a spokesman says his health has been declining from overworking. there s no time for fatigue and no release from the stress for hundreds of workers inside the daiichi plant. they re sleeping on lead mats in