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Japanese helicopters started pouring water to cool down reactor 3 at Fukushima plant
17.03.2011, 12:42 | Energy | 866 views
A Japanese helicopter started on Thursday morning to pour water on reactor 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi plant to cool it down, Jiji news agency reports quoting the National Japanese Defense Agency. This operation is a priority because the smoke cloud is bigger and bigger, the agency reads. Radioactivity was too high on Wednesday for a helicopter to be able to pour water in attempt to cool down reactor 3. Located at 240 km away from Tokyo, Fukushima plant, affected by the devastating quake on March 11th confronted with a series of explosions at its reactors. Read more on Hotnews.ro
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