Scientists have developed a technology that allows you to "see" nuclear fuel "Fukushima-1"

English: Photo of a magnox nuclear fuel rod. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

TOKYO, Jan. 23. / Correspondent. ITAR-TASS Yaroslav Makarov /. A group of Japanese scientists have developed technology that allows for the first time to get accurate information about the distribution of the melted nuclear fuel in the reactors of nuclear power plant emergency, "Fukushima-1". This was reported by the Japanese media.
The method is based on the use of high-energy elementary particle. In order to obtain an image of the nuclear fuel inside the reactor, researchers have proposed to use sensitive devices which are capable of catching the particles formed during the passage through the atmosphere. When confronted with radioactive substances, they change the trajectory of that allows professionals to pinpoint the location of nuclear fuel, and based on that information to build a graphical model of the internal parts of reactors.
Research team, which includes experts from the City University of Tokyo and the National Organization for the study of high-energy physics, has successfully tested the technology. Scientists were able to get a clear picture of the fuel rods inside the reactor NPP "Tokai" in Ibaraki Prefecture. "We are ready to give our measuring equipment for use on the" Fukushima-1 ", if the operator will consider such a possibility," - said Professor Hidekadzu Kakuno.
After the accident at the nuclear power plant "Fukushima-1" in the March 2011 nuclear fuel meltdown occurred in three reactors. Operation to extract the fuel is planned for mid 2020, and its details are still under development. Specialists is still unknown where exactly inside the reactors are fuel fragments.