Christian Science Monitor
Beijing Bureau Chief for the Christian Science Monitor
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Radiation Fears Spread as Efforts to Cool Reactors in Japan Fail Military and police forces have used water-dropping helicopters and water canons in a desperate effort to cool down the spent fuel rods now exposed to the air at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex. American and Japanese officials have different assessments of how much radiation is spewing into the air from Japan's damaged reactors. Both the Pentagon and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are sending experts into the area.
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The Scene in Sendai Sendai is the major city closest to the epicenter of Friday's 8.9 earthquake , and it sustained heavy damage, especially from the tsunami. Just after midnight in Japan we talked with Peter Ford in Sendai. He's the Beijing Bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor .
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