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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about concrete pumps focus on their use in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster response. Threads describe the world's largest concrete pumps being airlifted from the US to Japan to spray water on damaged reactors, with potential later use for entombing the site with concrete mixed with boron sand. The pumps, normally used for construction projects like skyscrapers and bridges, were retrofitted for this emergency. These posts highlight the role of heavy machinery in nuclear crisis management and the engineering adaptations required for disaster response.
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World’s largest concrete pumps may entomb Fukushima Daiichi plant
Link RemovedTOKYO (majirox news) – A gigantic concrete pump is heading towards Japan, the largest in the world, increasing speculating that Japan will soon attempt to entomb the Fukushima reactors. “We either wait a few hundred thousand years for the radiation to cool, or we wait a few weeks to...- whoosh
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[JAPAN] Gigantic concrete pumps will be airlifted from US to Japan
wo gigantic concrete pumps — described as the largest such equipment in the world — will soon be on their way to join the machinery being used to pour water on damaged reactors in Japan’s nuclear crisis, company officials said Thursday. Link Removed The two machines are normally used to...- cybercore
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