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US says Japan asked for equipment to cool reactors
Reuters ^ | Reuters

Posted on 03/14/2011 4:15:51 PM PDT by americanophile

Japan has asked the United States for additional equipment to help provide water and other resources to keep quake-damaged nuclear reactors cool, the head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: japan; meltdown; nuclear; reactors; society
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So there is a need for U.S. material support.
1 posted on 03/14/2011 4:15:53 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: americanophile

I’d say it doesn’t matter what they need. Give it to em.


2 posted on 03/14/2011 4:18:21 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: americanophile

Yep and additional yet, which means some has already been sent.


3 posted on 03/14/2011 4:18:26 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: americanophile

They had to ask?


4 posted on 03/14/2011 4:18:31 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Public employee unions are the barbarian hordes of our time.)
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To: americanophile

Let’s see... One aircraft carrier ought to do it, only the Pentagon won’t expose sailors to minimal radiation dangers. After all, the aircraft carrier can provide whatever power is needed, has massive pumps on board, etc. But risking the USS Reagan isn’t in the cards.


5 posted on 03/14/2011 4:20:38 PM PDT by kingu (Legislators should read what they write!)
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To: driftdiver

Exactly.


6 posted on 03/14/2011 4:20:48 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
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To: driftdiver

We said we’d help them and we are.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/11/us.quake.response/index.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/121804/20110311/u-s-aid-help-japan-quake-tsunami.htm

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/japan/2011/japan-110311-voa01.htm

http://abcnewsradioonline.com/national-news/obama-offers-japan-help-after-quake-readies-for-us-tsunami-t.html


7 posted on 03/14/2011 4:21:15 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: Psycho_Bunny

No we offered first.


8 posted on 03/14/2011 4:21:54 PM PDT by Netizen
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9 posted on 03/14/2011 4:22:01 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Netizen

Just the tone of the post, made it sound like we should hold it against them or something.


10 posted on 03/14/2011 4:22:55 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Japan nuclear disaster risk seen receding fast

Meanwhile, people are golfing, shopping, dining out, etc in other parts of Japan. Americans seem more worried via the news media than the Japanese. Also reported cleanup had already begun.

11 posted on 03/14/2011 4:23:00 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: nascarnation

...that’s us.


12 posted on 03/14/2011 4:23:26 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
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To: americanophile

A message found on the WH answering machine.


13 posted on 03/14/2011 4:24:32 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: driftdiver

Just getting tired of people acting like we made them beg when we offered help shortly after the quake occurred.


14 posted on 03/14/2011 4:25:31 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: fight_truth_decay

A partial or full meltdown of a nuclear reactor is a very serious situation, and everyone should be taking it as such. I think Americans just want to keep the pressure on our own government to make sure that we are doing all that can be done to help.


15 posted on 03/14/2011 4:26:41 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
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To: Gene Eric

...no kidding.


16 posted on 03/14/2011 4:30:00 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
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To: Netizen

Not my intention, just don’t think we should lord it over them. After katrina we didn’t accept help the first time people offered.

They probably didn’t know what they needed besides water, food, and some choppers.


17 posted on 03/14/2011 4:30:28 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

Who is lording it over them? I haven’t seen anything like that.


18 posted on 03/14/2011 4:32:06 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: americanophile

That's gonna have to wait.

19 posted on 03/14/2011 4:40:20 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Retired Greyhound

God help us.


20 posted on 03/14/2011 4:51:51 PM PDT by DigitalVideoDude (It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
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