calhoun nuclear plant. nrc chairman jaczko went to see for himself. >> the level at which there's an impact on the safe operation of the facility is still about six feet from the core. >> o'brien: jaczko could make that claim, in part, because of nrc actions at ft. calhoun before the flood. >> last year, nuclear regulatory commission inspectors found that that plant wasn't protected against a flood the way it should be. the company argued that it's... "what's the chance of it happening? it's been that way for 20 years." the nrc resisted all that and mandated those fixes be made. flood barriers were put in, watertight doors were installed. ft. calhoun was a stellar example of the nuclear regulatory commission taking proactive action to protect people living in nebraska. >> o'brien: so just to be clear, had the nrc not intervened as they had in advance of that flood, what would have happened there? >> the flooding at ft. calhoun may not have triggered a meltdown, but it would have severely eroded the defense

about the condition of the plant. i had alwa thought nucar power was sa. but in the end, the plant wasn't safe, was it? >> narrator: just up the coast, the fishermen of fukushima knew what was coming next. >> (translated): it's always been said on this shore, the tsunami will follow the earthquake. i went straight to the harbor and headed out to sea. >> narrator: yoshio ichida wanted to save his boat. he was racing straight into the biggest tsunami waves to strike japan in hundreds of years, hoping to crest them before they broke. >> (translated): they were like mountains. we went over three waves that came directly from the east. they were about 15 meters high. it was like this. >> narrator: the biggest of the waves was more than 40 feet high and traveling at over 100 miles an hour. >> (translated): when i looked back to shore, there was a strange ocean mist. i knew something bad was happening. >> narrator: at the nuclear plant, a worker was filming as his co-workers fled to higher ground. at 3:35 pm, the biggest of

a bio-mass power plant is getting a second lease of life out of plant residues. here's how the region of rajastan manages to take green energy production into its own hands. >> it takes more than one try to unload this truck. it's packed full with chaff from surrounding farms. but the truck isn't dropping its load at the dump. it's dumping it at a power plant where farm waste becomes valuable biomass. it's harvest time in the southeastern part of india's rajasthan state. farmers are cutting mustard plants -- one of the few crops that grow on such dry lands. for mohan chaudhary and his family, mustard plants mean financial security. >> we're now harvesting mustard that we sowed some four months ago. we sell the kernels and bring what's left to the power plant. >> the mustard needs to dry for a week before it can be threshed. harvest waste -- mostly husks and stalks -- are loaded onto trucks. not too long ago, famers used to burn the waste in their fields. today, they sell it to anand chopra, the manager of an indian power company. six years ago, he helped build a

that taught them from planting a seed and watching a plant grow can actually change your life. this person has also worked very closely. without further debate -- delay, i will introduce catherine from the garden project. >> thank you everybody for being here. when i first met muhammed, our program planted many of these trees. many of the shrubs on this whole street. and many of the people that planted those trees are not with us. every tree, every plant needs a person to care for it. by us caring for plants, we care for ourselves. we have a way to care for those who can learn how to work and take care of those families. that is what she was about, we inspired -- thank you to everyone. >> another big hand for catherine. are we ready to go to work? we will be planting this tree? ♪ >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would ha

ruins of the plant still remain.he majority of residents here have no problems with the nuclear plant on their doorstep. >> we only stand to benefit from a nuclear plant. we need new streets and better infrastructure. existed, we would be walking on gravel paths. the nuclear facility will bring money, and then the city can invest in our children. maybe a playground for a swimming pool will be built. i would like that. and the mayor hopes that primarily the plant will create new jobs in the region. >> almost 5000 people are expected to work for the plant during the peak construction period. in the long term, the facility is expected to create around 800 jobs. >> that would mean almost full employment for the economically depressed village. >> if the government really wants to build a nuclear power plant, they should build it here. we have all the right prerequisites, and the environment here is ruined anyway, so it will not make a difference. >> but not everyone is as welcoming. this baltic sea resort town is consider

we made the initial investments in the plants and the pipes. but once we accomplished that, there was this great recognition that we had a series of issues associated with wet weather conditions. storm events where, all of a sudden, you're dealing with a lot of water. narrator: large amounts of rainwater can cause flooding. engineers developed two approaches to stormwater infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. one approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. this combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. and stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. through the 19th century, the combined system was considered state-of-the-art throughout the world, and is still in use in many cities today. but cities constructed these systems before treatment was the standard. and even today's largest treatment plant doesn't have the capacity to treat the sudden volumes of water rushing through a combined system during rain. the plant is overloaded, and the excess r

plant operator plant operators say they plugged the leak and mopped up the contaminated water. >>> iran's foreign minister is searching for a place to hold the next round of international negotiations on his country's nuclear program. ali akbar salehi is planning to ask neighboring iraq or china. representatives from iran and six western nations are scheduled to meet april 13th. they last got together 15 months ago. iranian leader iranian leaders wanted to hold talks in istanbul, but the idea collapsed because of differences between their government and turkey over syria. iran is closely allied with syrian president bashar al assad's regime. turkey and western nations are demanding assad resign because of his brutal crackdown on his opponents. >>> u.s. autho >>> u.s. authorities imposed new sanctions on iran over this nuclear issue. they're trying to cut the revenue the country makes on oil exports. that's raised fe that's raised fears iranian forces could block the strait of hormuz, the only shipping lane for oil tankers in the nation. the american navy is on stand by, but its commanders

so you want a lot of wild plants. wild plants. when i started messing with wild plants, reading bow ton california manuals and pestering botanists, i found there were 1100 native species in the coastal plain of virginia, almost as many in the piedmont, that people could get edible parts from, if they were willing to do that much work. you can narrow it down to about 100 requiring only a moderate amount of work. and you can live quite well. the major ones i'm showing are in -- i don't know if you can read it at this distance. it's a real busy picture, sorry. but i put that in a book where i knew people were going to have to use a magnifying glass anyway. the uplands with disi haddous forecasts, things you can get in all year long and also seasonal ones. whatever the nutting season is, this is also a major hunting season. you hunt the animals that eat the nuts, and then you eat the nuts instead. it's quite simple. but there are all kinds of things. and most of the medicinal stuff that i found the coastal plain used were also dissidd

during a tour through the treatment plant, students learn about water management.operator explains that more than 90% of the solid matter is filtered out. this still doesn't make the water safe to drink, but it's much cleaner than before. using the latest technology to produce clean water -- many of the students see this as a dream job. >> this sewage treatment plant in managua is the first of its kind in the region. there's nothing like it in all of central america. >> the project cost some 25 million euros. funding was organized by german development bank kfw and provided by the german ministry for economic cooperation and development. in two years' time, the plant will be handed over to ilse brockmann and her team from nicaraguan water supplier enacal. by that time, the local technicians have to be fully trained to run the plant without help from abroad. a new idea is to cut down on operating costs. the sewage sludge is aerated and left to dry in the heat until it forms a granulate -- producing a new, all-natural fertilizer. >> the first farmers are coming and p

those are the street trees we want people to be planting. we do a lot of tree plantings. all of you must intuitively go, "of course it's good to plant trees," of course, i want to put a rain barrel on my house." but is there a measurable environmental impact? trees are going to take up a lot of stormwater over time and are kind of a long-term green investment. we've had more than 200 volunteers come out planting street trees. we need people to make active changes on their property. and to reduce the amount of flow that's going into the combined sewer lines, we're trying to install 4,000 rain barrels. narrator: homeowners can disconnect roof gutter downspouts from the sewer system and divert the stormwater into a rain barrel. schombert: the rain water then can be used to water lawns and gardens and infiltrate back in the ground slowly, rather than being piped to a creek where it disappears moments after the storm's over. it's being held within the watershed and it helps regenerate ground water and stream flows. hecht: that's what we're going to do this afternoon is think a

we are planting one treat today here and two more. these trees symbolize, are part avail long legacy. also obama these trees -- also, these trees, since 1912, we have donated them. planting these trees all over the united states. thank you again for coming. i hope this tree, the cherry tree, will further blossom in the years to come. 6 trees we have planted in the square. and nine trees in golden gate park. still more in san francisco. more than 150 years of history of cultural exchange. this is really a great place. i cannot think of a more fitting location to plant a tree. thank you for coming and i hope you will enjoy it. [applause] >> one other short, special ceremony that i want to acknowledge. we're joined by our fire chief. we are joined by our director of public works. we are joined by our director of the department of the environment. human rights commissioners -- we are joined by the state department. i do nothing we have ever met. we do -- i do not think we have ever met. our human rights commissioner is here. and our schoo

will those plants. and another thing this minister will provide is a place where we keep all of park -- this nursery will provide is a place for be keep all of our cloud forest plants. hopefully, that'll never happen. the last big freeze, we only lost 20%. by the end of the year, it all grew back. we saved almost 20% of that in the greenhouse. that is why this is such an important facility. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i appreciate being able to come before you today. i cheer the board of trustees at the san francisco botanical garden society. i come with a contingent of trusties staffs and volunteers. could i get them to stand to show their support? thank you during much. you have heard testimony of dilapidated facilities, and how these facilities are supporting what has become a very important collection of plants throughout the world. we are coming to you today with a $14 million gift from concerned citizens who want to see this part and the facility remained for generations to come. we ha

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>> just check with your house plants. most house plants will be fined like the. -- like that. chinese evergreens do very well. all sorts of ferns do all right. there are some that do beautifully indoors. you can plant right now. certainly evident else is coming up in my lawn. these are really tough and can handle the heat when you get but that also handle the cooler temperatures. no idea. the bans on the type is this. -- depends on the type of hibiscus. give them fertilizer if that will help and plenty of sunlight. >> thank you. appreciate you coming in. if you have a plant or gardening question -- alert," if"medical you want to live a healthy life, moved to howard county. howard county is the healthiest place to live in maryland. baltimore city is, unfortunately, the worst. the counties are ranked by several health factors, as well as factors like education and access to health care and unemployment the healthiest counties are howard, montgomery, queen anne, frederick, and travel. the and healthiest areas are baltimore city, allegany, dorchester, somerset counties. nearly hal

this has the best time to plant any of your plants. tomatoes, cucumbers, anything that is frost sensitive. baltimore city can be 12 or 15 degrees warmer than areas here. guideu can pick up this to valley view farms. check the radar. we have drying conditions. a shower near arlington. we will go back to tony. >> i have never heard of the tomato wars, the decision between guys. -- competition between guys. stan said maybe if it was a vacant plabacon plalnt. maybe it is the size of the tomato. >> i have all these jokes in my head i am not going to say. thank you. get her off camera. temperatures upper 30's right now. 37 in westminster. 38 in emmitsburg. not much of a breeze yet. we don't have any precipitation. the center of the big storm is up into canada. we can see some lake-effect snow down into harrisburg. we could see a light rain shower or sprinkle because the atmosphere is unstable. we have a slight chance, 20%. high temperature between 55 and 60 degrees. we were stuck the 40's yesterday. the average low temperature is 45 degrees.

the utilities have agreed to re-examine their plants.he results could force changes to resistance standards and the schedule for restarting idled plants. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for joining us.

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from the starting gates this planting season, >> today, on u.s. farm report, farmers jump from the starting gate this planting season but cold weather could make it a rough start. the hard-pressed dairy industry gets help from the government. and the unexpected market leader, soybeans. >> u.s. farm report is brought to you by the enlist wheat control system and by the 2012 chevy silverado. >> hello, and welcome to u.s. farm report. i'm john phipps. after historic march weather, the expectation to the major planting season has sputtered to a fitful start, as dry weather frustrates farmers' plans. at the same time, the return to normal april weather seems like a return to winter. all this anxiety i think stems from the deep conviction that the 2012 crop really matters. the realization that burdensome surpluses of the past has gone is finally sinking in. now for the headlines. >> reporter: a remarkably mild spring has planters rolling. about 3% of the nation's corn crop is already in the ground. planters are rolling in a number of states. the five-ye

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but a lot of it is planted.e we going to grow in terms of how many acres and the yield and let's talk about corn first and then beans. >> i think we go back to the planting intentions report, there are three million acres that are still in contention. you drive around the country and you will see pastures ripped up, old pieces of grass land. >> how many total acres? >> i think we will still be north of 95. on the heels of the last conversation we will see some go back to beans because of the profitable. we are -- it's a spot where it's time to get sales made. we are in a spot where profit ability is great on soybeans, though it's not as good on corn we are kid are cadeing ourselves if we think corn can't go back to three dollarsf. you put yourself in that position with highland rents and didn't get anything sold, we get the three dollars, that's trouble for anyone that is tied up in that. >> i would agree with that. i look at this crop i personally think we will see something north of 96 million acres planted. i

a lot of the waste streams from the plant emptied into the area of the plant known as the solar evaporation pond area. here this is where the waste in toxic sludge were down to basically and carly were standing right on top of it and the other side is you can see there used to be a small leak which you had carbonate also used as a dumping ground for a waste people depended on the water from the leak so they drank it just costs and pathetic. union carbide knew from the design stage that the bhopal plant could pollute groundwater they also knew that there was there was a surrounding community that used that groundwater for its drinking water supply. so they believe that they can get rid of some off. by evil trading it and then went ahead like some kind of sludge so they took all of us from the board and they dumped here and there and you see this black lining underneath the ground of this landfill they believe that this kind of lining if there were this landing on the ground it can keep the bucket list away from the site. you will see lining underneath it all everywhere around here. and we be

even scientists for developed nuclear weapons is against the plant. he wrote the government after the next japan with a warning. >> translator: the accident at the fukushima daiichi plant taught us that we don't understand nuclear power well enough. i want to warn the public and our leaders. >> reporter: concerned citizens are starting to convince their local representatives. county officials filed a petition against the construction. opposing the project is almost unheard of. >> translator: if the fukushima nuclear accident hadn't happened, people here wouldn't be so strongly opposed. i believe the government will cancel the construction. its priority should be the lives and health of residents. >> reporter: government officials want to increase china's nuclear power generating capacity by around eightfold from 2010 to 2020. they reportedly aim to have 17 actors in operation. still, opposition from the people they govern may at least force them to start listening. makoto oda, nhk world, beijing. >>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcomi

for some things like a pepper plant or the tomato plant, you have to wait. >> thank you. if you have a plant or gardening question, you can e-mail or send pictures. you can also go to our web site, wbaltv.com and click on the family. you can also send your pictures. after almost 300 episodes, detective olivia bentsen has seemed almost everything in the popular drama "law and order svu." did you know you have done that many episodes? >> i did not. it is great. i'm very happy. it is the 13th season. i am challenged and reinvigorated. >> i know many fans are, too. what is most rewarding, and what is most challenging about playing a character for 13 seasons? >> good question. i would say what is most rewarding is having great writing, and working with great actors. i feel very fortunate. this year, we have two new cast members. they are both so good. it has been a real treat. i have had the pleasure of working with harry connick jr. this season. they set the bar so high and they are consummate professionals. i am deeply enjoyed working with them. i feel like i am working with

it's the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution or the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading more than three and a half thousand died in the immediate aftermath of the disaster after inhaling the fuse thousands more was a perishes toxin seeps into the ground around the plant poisoning water supplies. and it has been twenty seven years and there is still no proper or security talks to cation or treatment of the soil and the neutralization of the chemical toxic waste is still not being done. yet the government gas relief minister bubble algo or is claiming there are no more sick people and other factories clean and that one hundred percent of the people are drinking one hundred percent pure water these are complete lies groups walking in affected children see that children today are ten times more likely to be born with birth defects in children in the rest of the country. you. know. if there are kids being born like this t

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they unpotted and filled dozens of other trees and plants that will soon make this neighborhood green again. >> it means not only a tree and maybe a source of food and fruit but maybe a new token of hope and the renaissance of san bruno may beginning. >> reporter: more than 40 trees planted in the neighborhood today. the money raised to purchase those trees was in part through some grants for that young 13-year-old for julian levy, and also from independent fundraising, more than $4,000 he has raised for the greenery that was planted in the neighborhood today in san bruno. abc-7 news. >> ama: a newly revealed document reveals back in 1989 pg&e knew about weld defects on the same pipeline that caused the gas explosion. the memo describes a leak nine miles south of where the disaster happened. the san francisco chronicle reports the document was turn in last month, well after the conclusion of state and federal investigations. the memo indicates the likely cause of the leak was defective seam wel÷. lap. >> alan: one person end up in the hospital after a fourplex fire. firefighters suspe

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more than $4,000 worth of greenery was planted here in san bruno.abc7 news. >> people celebrated earth day across the bay area and around the country. thousands packed the civic center to share ways to protect the environment. the vendors did their own peddling offering plenty to eat, drink and wear. chicago just received a $20,000 grant to plant trees across the windy city. >>> a new type of light bulb went on sale, and it may cut your electric bill significantly. but there is a tradeoff. it is the price tag. this bulb costs $50. the bulb burns 10 watts of electricity in order to produce the same amount of light as a 60 watt incandescent. it should last 20 or 30 years so you may save money in the long run jie. even for $50 you could save money. i haven't done the math recently, but i think it is pretty close. >> abc did some math and determined if you leave the light on eight hours a day, every day, it will take a little more than three years to save money on the cost of the bulb. >>> well, he has a new movie. author nicholas sparks talks about his

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