Can radiation from Japan reach the West Coast?

Chris Wragge talks to nuclear energy expert Cham Dallas and Dr. Jennifer Ashton about radiation fears spreading to the U.S. West Coast.

• Mar 16, 2011
• 4:40

Quake's economic impact

Erica Hill talks to CBS News business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis about the uncertainty over the economy due to the effects of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear issues.

• Mar 16, 2011
• 3:08

Fukushima plant fire stokes fear and confusion in public

Harry Smith reports from Tokyo with the latest on the nuclear radiation threat stemming from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

• Mar 16, 2011
• 4:04

Japan: Day six update

Erica Hill has the latest headlines about the disaster in Japan in under a minute.

• Mar 16, 2011
• 0:42

Japan's nuclear crisis

Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant unleashes fear of a possible major meltdown

• Mar 15, 2011
• 21 photos

Obama: Radiation from Japan won't reach Hawaii

In an interview with a Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV, President Obama says he isn't worried about radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear power plant reaching the U.S.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 2:13

Locating family, friends in Japan

Katie Couric speaks to Ben Tracy about his experience traveling west through Japan from Sendai to Niigata and what life has been like for Japanese people waiting to hear from loved ones.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 2:04

Evening News Online, 03.15.11

Tuesday: Radiation levels have subsided after the third explosion at Fukushima's nuclear complex; Also, The U.S.'s humanitarian relief effort for Japan quickly turns to a hazardous duty for the military; Plus, the surviving spirit of the Japanese people.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 21:03

Sendai in need of aid

In the devastated city of Sendai, located closest to the earthquake's epicenter, residents are short of just about everything from food to gas. Bill Whitaker reports on international aid and how residents are helping each other.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 2:33

U.S. aid for Japan turning hazardous for military

The U.S. humanitarian relief operation for Japan is quickly turning into a hazardous duty for the military after helicopter crews return contaminated with radioactivity. David Martin reports.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 1:11

Nuclear safety experts talk Japan crisis

Katie Couric speaks to two experts on nuclear safety, James Action with the Carnegie Endowment, and University of Georgia professor Cham Dallas, about the nuke crisis in Japan.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 2:51

Fukushima radiation levels fall, nuke crisis continues

In Japan, people feel besieged from all directions and tensions over a nuclear emergency remain high. Harry Smith reports on the latest of the nuclear crisis in Japan.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 2:30

Sendai temple nearly destroyed by tsunami

In wake of a 9.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami, Harry Smith reports on the near-destruction of a Buddhist temple in the hard-hit city of Sendai and the surviving spirit of the Japanese people.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 1:16

Japanese workers remain in nuclear plant

After three explosions at Fukushima's nuclear complex, Jim Axelrod reports on the condition of the estimated 50 workers inside the plant and the dangers they face amid high levels of radiation.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 1:33

Dangers of radiation

As the nuclear crisis continues in Japan and radiation levels spike then fall, Dr. Jon LaPook reports on the dangers associated with the different levels of radioactivity and who is most at risk.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 1:47

Notebook: Crisis Mapping

Katie Couric discusses the use of a social networking site to aid rescue workers during disasters like the Japan earthquake.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 1:13

Lucy Craft reunites with son in Japan

CBS News correspondent Lucy Craft reunited with her son in Tokyo for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 0:27

LAFD joins USAID rescue effort in Japan

CBS News RAW: Los Angeles Fire Department search and rescue team joined the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the ground in Ofunato, Japan.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 2:38

Japan's citizens face long lines for food, gas

Millions of people in Japan still have no running water or power and they have to wait on long lines to get food and gasoline. Bill Whitaker reports from Sendai.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 1:53

American woman missing in Japan found

Chris Wragge talks to the parents of Va. woman Taylor Anderson who was teaching English in Japan and went missing for four days.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 5:38

Third explosion at Fukushima; high radiation levels

In Japan, fears of a nuclear disaster grew following a third explosion and fire at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. CBS News correspondent Harry Smith reports.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 4:32

Japan: Day five update

Erica Hill has the latest headlines about the disaster in Japan in under a minute.

• Mar 15, 2011
• 0:54

Japan: Faces of the crisis

The Japanese are dealing with possible nuclear meltdowns in the wake of earthquakes and a tsunami that devastated the country

• Mar 14, 2011
• 25 photos

The science behind a nuclear meltdown

Katie Couric talks to professor Cham Dallas of the Univ. of Georgia about the condition of Japan's two crippled nuclear plants and how the meltdown threat compares to past disasters like Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl.

• Mar 14, 2011
• 25:51

Obama "heartbroken" over Japan devastation

In an appearance with Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen at the White House Monday, President Obama spoke about Japan, calling the devastation there "an international tragedy" and said he "heartbroken."

• Mar 14, 2011
• 1:05

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