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in incidents. the fear is you will have a disruption and trigger others. reporter: the fire didn t result in radiation leakage they say but after the fire was put out it did reignite. reactor number three is shutdown and the operator of the plant says it could be shutdown for several weeks. an adjacent reactor continues to operate. and as for the cleanup of the oil the governor says it is expected to take a few more days. jenna? story to watch. david lee, thank you. turning to the 2016 race. the three latest gop candidates entering the race former ceo, carly fiorina, retired neuro surgeon ben carson and mike huckabee appeared on the sunday
the biggest media stories it s possible to have. reactor number three in my first blog entry within the first two or three days of it happening, i didn t know what the scale of the radiation release was going to be. i didn t know the number of people injured. the fact this was happening live on tv and explosions, this was a nuclear power station blowing up. clearly, the situation was out of control. asked the residents of tokyo not to horde bottled water. you have these awful images of total devastation from a tsunami, and the story was a nuclear power accident. it all got muddled together. some people on the west coast of the united states worry that radiation i hadn t been pronuclear that long before the fukushima plant melted down.
possible to have. reactor number three in my first blog entry within the first two or three days of it happening, i didn t know what the scale of the reduatiadiatio release was going to be. i didn t know the number of people injured. the fact this was happening live on tv and explosions, this was a nuclear power station blowing up. clearly, the situation was out of control. asked the residents of tokyo not to horde bottled water. you have these awful images of total devastation from a tsunami, and the story was a nuclear power accident. it all got muddled together. some people on the west coast of the quiunited states worry t radiation i hadn t been pronuclear that long before the fukushima plant melted down. it hard to watch that happening
in the steam generator tubes of san onofre s reactor number 3. no danger to the public. no danger to our workers. did any radiation leak out? if there was any leakage at all, it would have been so minor. reporter: that steam system, which is supposed to be shielded from any exposure to radiation, was replaced in december 2010. so the question is why did those parts fail now? it could be a mechanical issue due to new equipment. there was also a possibility that the equipment was defective, that this is a harbinger of more problems. reporter: san onofre is one of dozens of u.s. reactors facing new scrutiny after japan s nuclear crisis. right on the coast in the heart of america s earthquake country. just next door to the marine corps s west coast hub camp pendleton. we came here the day the fukushima daiichi plant in japan melted down. plant officials were eager to reassure the public the same thing could not happen here. is this plant safe? absolutely, this plant is