This morning Japan time, two CH 47 Chinook helicopters began dropping tons of water onto the used nuclear fuel stored in pools at the unit 3 and unit 4 reactor. The helicopters made four passes, and have claimed some success, though footage on NHK television shows most of the water dispersing before it reaches the reactor building. Fire trucks from the military and civil authorities have also arrived to douse the fuel pools using high-power water cannons.
So far the efforts have done (…)
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