April 9: In this photo released by Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency via Kyodo News, Japanese Trade Minister Banri Kaieda, second right, in protective suit listens to employees of Tokyo Electric Power Co. inside the waste processing building of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant during his one-day trip to the tsunami-crippled complex in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture. (AP/Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency)
Japanese engineers aim to regain control and restore parts of the cooling system at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Sunday as they plan to move contaminated water into other areas of the facility, Reuters reports.
On Saturday, two 190,000-pound concrete pumps that have been retrofitted to spray water to cool off reactors were on their way to the plant from Atlanta and Los Angeles. Both are operational by remote control.
The facility's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Co., is also hoping to use T-Hawk drone aircraft made by Honeywell to inspect hard-to-access areas of the plant. The drone can be operated from six miles away and transmit video and still images.
"Some of the highly radioactive water will be moved within the plant. But a second and third solution needs to be discovered as water is being pumped in constantly, increasing the total amount," Japan's Deputy Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama told local television Sunday, according to Reuters.
Workers have spent the past month frantically trying to stop the radiation spewing from nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant by restoring cooling systems, but they still have a long way to go.
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