Water spraying opeartions starting now, per NHK

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right now, to cool down the pool on reactor four

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv

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1. This is like watching a disaster movie in slow motion

the helo is sniffing rads!

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2. Reuters

Nuclear agency says getting water to reactor No. 3 is curent priority because of smoke/seam escaping
by Eric Martyn at 5:49 PM
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The white smoke from reactor No. 3 could be steam evaporating from spent-fuel pool says the Japan nuclear agency
by Eric Martyn at 5:46 PM

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2

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3. Chopper just did a water drop

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4. ch-47 bird, and they dumped7.5 tonnes

I have no idea if this will even work, some of the water did not quite fall on target.

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6. Yeah it is more like a shotgun aproach.

If they can get enough helicopters working in a loop they could get a decent "flow" rate. Say 1 drops every 3 minutes at 7.5 tons of water each is 2.5 tons per minute. Thats about 1000 gpm. All depends on how much makes it into the pool.

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5. Using two SDF birds

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7. They keep calling it a water "spraying" but I wonder if that is a language issue.

Most English speaking people would call that a water DUMP!

Wish the camera had a higher magnification lens.

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8. Second drop

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9. Two japan SDF choppers dumped water over #3

to cool the storage pool, three dumps of water... SDF are trying to cool down the storage pools

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10. Now on MSNBC, for a second

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11. Rachel just showed it, they drop between 3 + 4 n6

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12. more

BreakingNews Breaking News
Water dropped from helicopter on Fukushima nuclear reactor 3 - Kyodo
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13. Crews are wearing dosimeters and from what I can get

NBC gear

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14. Operations have been suspended

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15. resumed and water cannon trucks are on their way

I wonder who will man those? Those better be OLDER volunteers.