Wednesday, April 13, 2011

PUTZMEISTER TO THE RESCUE

A massive Russian cargo plane, the An-225 has been used to pick one of the world's largest concrete pumps to pour water on the stricken nuclear power plant in Japan.

The 95-ton pump is mounted on a 26-wheel truck and can be operated from two miles away by remote control, allowing it to shoot water into the damaged reactors.

If necessary, it could also be used to entomb one of the damaged nuclear reactors in concrete.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375120/Massive-cargo-plane-transports-2m-remote-controlled-concrete-pump-stricken-Japanese-nuclear-plant.html#ixzz1J21Tt3MV

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