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Japan helicopter to dump water on nuke plant: TV
A Japanese military twin-rotor cargo helicopter was seen mid-air on Wednesday on a mission to dump water onto a reactor at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, television images showed.
Updated on: Mar 16, 2011, 13:42:18 IST
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A Japanese military twin-rotor cargo helicopter was seen mid-air on Wednesday on a mission to dump water onto a reactor at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, television images showed.
The CH-47 Chinook seen in the air was one of about four which the Self-Defence Forces were readying to deploy to help cool fuel rods at the stricken plant, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported in its online edition.
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