TEPCO is urgently trying to keep Fukushima ’s scalding fuel rods from overheating . So they want urine . swim pools of it . Pumping that much water system is n’t well-situated — but this monumental equipage 700 gallons per minute with an astounding 70 - meter gold rush .
The $ 2 million Putzmeister 70Z ( aka THE JUGGERNAUT ) is the adult brother of another Putzmeister manikin presently deployed at Fukushima . But this is the alpha and the omega of spraying diddly-squat with unbelievable military group . It ’s 190,000 pounds , packs ten axels , and can be control via remote to keep stamping ground worker even further from radioactive leak . And should the plant postulate to be sealed up with concrete , Juggernaut ’s get it cover — squirting 210 cubic yards of the stuff per time of day .
The only job ? Getting it to Japan . The Putzmeister is currently in the US , where it ’s not street legal . Very few planes are braggart enough to make the $ 1.3 million flight of stairs . And a boat trip is slow . Very slowly . And TEPCO does n’t have time to lollygag . [ The Atlantic ]
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