Naoto Kan, the prime minister, was reduced to demanding thatTepco executives tell him whatthehell isgoing on after the companywaitedanhourbeforeinforminghim of an explosionat the plant.
We also explored several pressing environmental issues as record levels of radiation were found in fish near Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant and we delved into the Gates of Hell -- a burning gas crater in Turkmenistan that has been ablaze for 41 years.