Helicopters dump water on nuclear plant in Japan

Helicopters dump water on nuclear plant in Japan WWW.LUGARESFAVORITOS.BLOGSPOT.COM - WWW.RUMBEA.COM STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Water is dumped over the Nos. 3 and 4 Fukushima Daiichi reactors, NHK reports NEW: Britain, U.S. urge citizens within 50 miles of plant to evacuate or stay inside Plan to try to restore power to the complex Thursday IAEA says temperatures in spent fuel pools are rising Tokyo (CNN) -- Helicopters dumped water Thursday on and near the Nos. 3 and 4 units at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the latest attempt to halt the nuclear accident that appeared to be spinning out of control. The helicopters belong to the nation's self-defense forces, public broadcaster NHK reported.Initially, just a few drops were carried out before the operation was suspended....

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latest news from Japan

Praise for 'heroes' working to avert Japan's nuclear catastropheBy Bryony Jones, for CNNMarch 16, 2011 -- Updated 2144 GMT (0544 HKT) Japanese plant workers hailed as heroesSTORY HIGHLIGHTS180 workers at Fukushima nuclear power plant trying to avert nuclear catastrophe Recorded radiation at levels high enough to pose a threat to human health Experts praise plant team as heroes, say they are risking their lives for the greater good Tune in to "AC360º" tonight at 10 ET as Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Soledad O'Brien report live from Japan on the quake and tsunami's catastrophic effects.(CNN) -- As the rest of the world...

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