A 190,000-pound truck pump is now in South Carolina , being prepped to fly out of Atlanta . It had been at a mixed oxide fuel storage site in southeast Georgia . `` I understand it will be used to pump water into the reactor and later they can use it for concrete operations that need to be done , '' said Ashmore . A spokesman says the pump 's first use will be to supply water to keep nuclear reactors cool . Similar pumps were used in Chernobyl , which was eventually encased in concrete .
A 190,000-pound truck pump is now in South Carolina , being prepped to fly out of Atlanta . It had been at a mixed oxide fuel storage site in southeast Georgia . A spokesman says the pump 's first use will be to supply water to keep nuclear reactors cool . Similar pumps were used in Chernobyl , which was eventually encased in concrete .