Japan MegaQuake March 2011: Helicopter Response

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Japan begins air drop on stricken reactor

Thursday March 17th 2011

Military helicopters dumped seawater on to Japan's stricken nuclear complex today, turning to combat-style tactics while trying to cool overheated uranium fuel that may be on the verge of spewing out more radiation.

Plant operators also said they were racing to finish a new power line that could restore cooling systems and ease the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant on the country's northeast coast.



A Japanese Self Defence Force's Chinook helicopter raising more than seven tonnes of water to dump on the Fukushima nuclear plant

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