Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Helicopters Douse Quake-Damaged Nuclear Plant with Water

Japanese officials have deployed military helicopters to dump water over the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to try to cool down overheated reactors inside.

The officials are trying to avert a catastrophic radiation leak from spent fuel rods inside the plant's reactors. Japanese television Thursday morning showed helicopters dumping water over the plant from huge buckets.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Helicopters-Douse-Quake-Damaged-Nuclear-Plant-with-Water--118135934.html

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