Concrete pump to help in Japan nuclear crisis (like the one used at Chernobyl)

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Source: AP/ABC News

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say the world's largest concrete pump will be flown from Atlanta to Japan on the world's largest cargo plane as part of a series of emergency steps to help stabilize damaged nuclear reactors.

The Augusta Chronicle reports that the 190,000-pound pump features a 70-meter boom which can be remotely controlled. Officials say that makes it suitable for use in the highly radioactive environment surrounding the nuclear plants.

The pump was manufactured by Germany-based Putzmeister, whose equipment was used at Chernobyl in the 1980s to entomb the melted core of the reactor in concrete.

The pump had been used at the Savannah River Site near the Georgia-South Carolina line.

Read more: http://www.abcnews4.com/Global/story.asp?S=14360068

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It's over. Bury the site. (Yes, once it is stabilized).

Although I am largely pro-nuclear power, it was clear to me that this was over almost right after the tsunami.

Building six nukes in a coastal region on the ring of fire? That's where my 'largely' status goes awry.