福岛核电站储水罐发生渗漏
文章来源:未知 文章作者:enread 发布时间:2013-06-06 09:05 字体: [ ]  进入论坛
(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Radioactive water is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's Fukushima plant, its operator says.

日本福岛核电站的一座储水罐正在向外渗漏放射性污水。
 
Nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said a worker discovered the leak on Wednesday.
 
On Tuesday, Tepco also announced that it had found radioactive caesium(铯) in ground water around the plant.
 
The plant was damaged in an earthquake and tsunami1 in 2011, and has been hit by several leaks and power failures in recent months.
 
Hundreds of huge water tanks have been constructed at the site of the plant to store contaminated water used to cool melted reactors2 cores.
 
In a statement, Tepco said the contaminated water was leaking from the storage container at the rate of one drop every three to four seconds.
 
While the company said the leak was small, it follows an admission on Tuesday that ground-water around the plant is contaminated. 
 
Correspondents say this suggests water has been leaking from the plant or storage tanks into the soil - something the company previously3 said had not happened. 
 
All of this is going to make it even more difficult for Tepco to convince local fishermen that it is safe for Tepco to start pumping ground water from around the plant in to the ocean, the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo reports.
 
The plant suffered three power failures in five weeks earlier this year. A leak of radioactive water from one of the plant's underground storage pools was also detected in April.
 
In April, the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA said the "reliability4 of essential systems" at the site should be improved. 
 
On 11 March 2011, an earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant, causing meltdowns at three nuclear reactors.
 
Engineers have since stabilised the plant but years of work lie ahead to fully5 contain the disaster and tackle its effects.


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 tsunami bpAyo     
n.海啸
参考例句:
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
2 reactors 774794d45796c1ac60b7fda5e55a878b     
起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 ); 反应装置; 原子炉; 核反应堆
参考例句:
  • The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
  • The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆,必须使用普通铀作为燃料。
3 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前,先前(地)
参考例句:
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
4 reliability QVexf     
n.可靠性,确实性
参考例句:
  • We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
  • I can assure you of the reliability of the information.我向你保证这消息可靠。
5 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
TAG标签: water leak nuclear
发表评论
请自觉遵守互联网相关的政策法规,严禁发布色情、暴力、反动的言论。
评价:
表情:
验证码:点击我更换图片