Japan tries desperate new measures at nuclear plant

Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 01:30 in Earth & Climate

Water is dropped by helicopter in an effort to avert full-scale meltdowns. U.S. expresses concern about 'very significant radiation levels' and tells Americans to stay 50 miles away.Japanese authorities embarked on desperate new measures to avert full-scale meltdowns at a quake-battered nuclear plant Thursday, dispatching helicopters to drop tons of water on the reactors and readying water cannons to cool a spent-fuel pool that an American official said was responsible for "very significant radiation levels."

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