US high-pressure pumps go to ailing Japan reactor

US high-pressure pumps go to ailing Japan reactor
Washington (AFP) March 16, 2011 - The US military said Wednesday it had delivered high-pressure water pumps to Japan to help cool a stricken nuclear power plant as part of a US aid effort amid Japan's worst crisis since World War II. The water pumps were ferried to Yokota Air Force Base for use at the crippled Fukushima plant, with four additional pumps delivered from Sasebo, in Japan's southwest, the US Pacific Fleet said i ... more

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