The United States has sent a team of experts to assist Japan at the nuclear site, including two cooling experts.
U.S. officials are also "assembling a team of experts that would be dispatched in the near future," Greg Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said.
Japan has asked for additional types of equipment that will help provide water and keep the reactors cool, Jaczko said.
The nuclear chief added that, based on the reactor design and nature of the accident, there is low probability of harmful radiation reaching the United Sates, including Hawaii and the U.S. territories.美國佬係度衡量緊會唔會去到美國本土,雖然當然機會好低,但係好明顯事態嚴重,佢地先需要咁去衡量……