what happened when she did go in. 2 1/2 years later, tepko says it s reached a milestone, that massive crane behind me is successfully moving 1500 fuel rods in that cooling pool to a storage pool next door. it s a slow and delicate process that will take about a year. but once finished it will mean that this reactor can be decommissioned. anna joins me now to talk about this experience. anna, just looking at what you were wearing and the fact you were at the site of the largest nuclear meltdown since chernobyl, i just have to ask you tonight, were you scared? i m not going to life. you certainly go into these things concerned. i mean, this is a radioactive environment. and as we see, radiation levels are extremely high. but this was also an official visit. their plant operator tepko invited us in here. as you can see we had to wear protective gear, all precautions were taken. we were carrying that equipment,
it was the site of that nuclear meltdown just two years ago. and after that terrifying tsunami that zoeft devastated so much of japan, no one is allowed to go anywhere near fukushima to this day. but plant operator, tepko, recently invited cnn correspondent anna korin to inspect the site even as they begin the precarious process of trying to remove nuclear fuel rods from this plant. we ve been given suits, a mask, gloves, as well as a hat because no skin can be exposed. we re also carrying dosinators which will measure external radiation levels for us. you heard her say no skin can be exposed. just looking at what anna and her photojournalists had to wear to protect them from this radiation, even with all of this protective clothing there were still places that the radiation levels were so dangerously high that anna and her team were simply not allowed inside. but i want you to take a look at