GUY RAZ, Host: And, Richard, first, can you give us a quick update on what's been going on at the nuclear power plant?</s>RICHARD HARRIS: But barring a crisis, the repairs they're making now should very gradually let the workers get the situation more firmly under control.</s>GUY RAZ, Host: Richard, here in the U.S., it seems like the story has been swinging in wildly different directions. One day, we're told that we're at the brink of disaster or at least a step or two back from the edge. And then now we're hearing that things are better. How does it look from there in Tokyo?</s>RICHARD HARRIS: We also struggle to reconcile contradictory information from different agencies, and even the usually very cautious International Atomic Energy Agency's information that it later had to retract or correct. So, and I think the other thing that feeds into this is there's always an understandable tendency to focus on worst-case scenario because everyone wants to know how bad it could be. That is important and useful information.</s>GUY RAZ, Host: I mean, obviously, the crisis isn't over, Richard. But so far, what is the worst thing that has happened?</s>RICHARD HARRIS: Well, the crisis at the power plant still does obviously pale in comparison to the tsunami, which has probably killed well over 10,000 people.</s>GUY RAZ, Host: Of course, yeah.</s>RICHARD HARRIS: And while this is all reassuring, let's remember the situation is not fully under control, and a serious accident could really obviously make a very, very different picture emerge from hearing in the coming days. We'll have to see.</s>GUY RAZ, Host: Richard, thank you.</s>RICHARD HARRIS: My pleasure.
There is progress being made in restoring power to the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, NPR's Richard Harris says. "Barring a crisis, the repairs they are working on should help them get control of the situation." Still, Harris told Guy Raz, though "we are a step or two back from the edge...a serious accident could really make a very different picture."