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."