NEI update: Seventy percent of the fuel rods Unit 1 and one-third in Unit 2 have been damaged,

[TNLib]

TEPCO was planning to battle the fire and provide additional water to cool used nuclear fuel with water dumped from helicopters, but abandoned the plan because a hole in the building's roof is not in close proximity of the used fuel pool.

http://nei.cachefly.net/newsandevents/information-on-the-japanese-earthquake-and-reactors-in-that-region/">Link

[applegrove]

1. An expert on CNN also said that pouring water from that height could move

the rods closer to each other which is bad.