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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.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      New York Times

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      Christian Science Monitor

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      Los Angeles Times

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    Japan's Radiation Fallout; UN on No-Fly Zone in Libya
    1. 0:00Radiation Fears Spread as Efforts to Cool Reactors in Japan FailYou’re reading this
    2. 23:07UN Debates No-Fly Zone as Gadhafi Beats Down Rebels
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