Page 16 - Containment System News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

More fuel rods in them, but they're not necessarily kept in that russian doll style multiple containment system. they don't want to move these fuel rods far from the reactors that they come out of. they are, of course, super hot and super radioactive. you don't want to be trucking them across the country. in the reactors in trouble in japan, where do they move the fuel rods to? they move them to here, just up top. they are essentially just protected by the one external containment wall. and that external containment wall is something that we are all very familiar with looking at pictures of ri...

Comes near. >> one of the interesting implications of the new system in place is that we may finally be able to know how much oil there is coming out of that well. how exactly are they going to be able to assess that? >> reporter: well, from what i understand, rachel, they can do that by doing calculations with the pressure, which is one of the things they're measuring as they did this well integrity test. if they go to the containment system, they would have enough capacity on the surface of the gulf to collect up to 80,000 barrels a day. you'll remember, the government's latest estimate says...

They're saying good things about the pressure building in this cap. why would they think about changing it then? >> reporter: that's a good question. i just got off the phone listening to a tell conference from doug suttles, the bp representative. so far there's no sign that oil is leaking anywhere in the 13,000-foot well. they've had sonar, seismic, and temperature readings. they're all in line with the cap that the well has been shut in, which means that no oil is leaking never in the gulf of mexico at the moment. but the incident commander, retired admiral thad allen says at the end of the ...