Workers Race To Cool Fuel Rods At Crippled Plant

by Christopher Joyce, NPR

Attempts by helicopters to dump water into a pool of overheated nuclear fuel at Japan's Fukushima reactor complex did little to dissipate radiation ledges at the plant. Water cannon are next. Efforts have moved to filling two spent fuel pools as water levels dropped.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, March 17, 2011