US says Japan asked for equipment to cool reactors

WASHINGTON, March 14 | Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:22pm EDT

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - 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.

Greg Jaczko told reporters at the White House that U.S. nuclear plants operated safely and securely.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason)

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