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Originally Posted by Sydney Morning Herald 12:10 am Thu 17th March
A Japanese military helicopter has dumped water from a huge bucket onto the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, television images show.
A total of three twin-rotor CH-47 Chinooks of the Self-Defence Forces each emptied more than seven tonnes of water onto reactors No.3 and No.4, public broadcaster NHK said.
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http://www.smh.com.au/environment/he...317-1bxm8.html
NHK report operations will be limited to 40 minutes per helicopter per day because of
the radiation hazard.
NHK report attempts will be made this afternoon to restore the power supply to the reactors facility.
Since the original pumps have been damaged, a spokesman reports they will attempt to install a temporary cooling
system.