Spare Times for April 8-14. Massive pumps departing U.S. for Japan nuclear plant. The pumps are being loaded Friday onto Russian cargo jetsThey will leave from Atlanta and Los AngelesThey'll be used at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Atlanta (CNN) -- Two of the world's largest concrete pumps will depart the United States later this week as part of the effort to resolve the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, officials said. Each pump weighs 190,000 pounds and has a boom reach of over 227 feet, and can pump water and concrete at massive rates. They will be loaded aboard enormous Russian cargo jets Friday. The pumps' manufacturer, Putzmeister, said in a release the devices are normally used to pour concrete for bridges and high-rise construction projects, but can offer pinpoint accuracy "to directly target hotspots within the reactors" and help with cooling.
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