Use the water coffin to cool the reactor

The chambers inside the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors of the earthquake and tsunami plant in Fukushima, Japan, will be filled with water to help cool these ovens - a measure of unprecedented money. rules in the world of nuclear science.

The situation of radiation leakage at Daiichi nuclear plant is still very serious. (Photo: EPA )

Experts say the so-called "water coffin" will ensure the cold for the reactors at the Daiichi plant, 240km north of Tokyo.

Water will seep slowly into all the inner holes through partially broken pipes and valves, creating a "water cushion" around each reactor's fuel area. This measure is believed to create better conditions for the cooling process.

Today (April 27), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released the latest assessment of the current state of nuclear safety in Japan. Accordingly, the situation at Daiichi factory is generally very serious but there are many signs of recovery in some functions.

Information said that the radiation levels at the plant have risen to the highest level since the double disaster damaged the facility's cooling system, making it difficult for Japan's efforts to control the crisis. This bad nuclear panic.

Two robots were put into the No. 1 reactor building on April 26, recording radioactive levels of 1,120 millisiervert / h - Junichi Matsumoto, an official with Tokyo Electric Power Group , the plant operator.

Increased radiation has led tens of thousands of people to evacuate from the disaster area.