Posted on 04/07/2011 11:25:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
An international company with strong local connections is helping cool Japan's damaged nuclear reactors.
The company, Putzmeister, already has one massive concrete pump working in Japan,
The first of two will be flown from California to Japan on Friday to help prevent a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
The boom pump is designed for pouring concrete, but is headed there to pour tons of water an hour on the damaged nuclear reactors. It's one of the largest pumps of its type in the world, a 70-foot-long massive piece of wheeled machinery that weighs 176,000 pounds.
It will be able to raise its boom 227 feet and shoot 210 cubic yards of water an hour into the plant. It's hoped it will help cool the overheated rods and help stop the meltdown.
"There are so many people that worked on this project to get where it's at," said Gary Schmidt, a Putzmeister sales manager. "We're all proud to do it and pleased we can help."
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“Putzmeister”??
Reminds me of someone in DC...
Thanks!
And if it works, maybe in the future the Japanese will have a saying “Ah, what a Putz!”
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