Japan dumps water on stricken reactors

Military helicopters in Japan have dumped water on reactors at the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in an effort to cool down a spent fuel storage pool, local media said. The operator of the power plant in northeast Japan said on Thursday that pressure was rising again at reactor number 3, which includes plutonium and uranium in its fuel mix. Two CH-47 helicopters scooped up seawater and released it over the reactors

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