救援工人撤离福岛核电站_时事要闻

救援工人撤离福岛核电站

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2011-03-16 05:17 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A rise in radiation levels at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has forced workers to suspend operations, a government spokesman says.

一位日本政府发言人称，福岛核电站不断上升的辐射水平迫使工人停止救援工作。

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He was speaking after smoke was seen rising from reactor three. Earlier, a blaze struck reactor four for the second time in two days.

Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami², which killed thousands, damaged the plant's cooling functions.

The site has also been hit by four explosions, triggering radiation leaks.

France has urged its nationals living in Tokyo to leave the country or head to southern Japan because of the risk of radiation.

'On standby'

On Wednesday, Japanese Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a news briefing（新闻发布会） that workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant had been withdrawn³ following the sudden rise in radiation levels.

It is believed that about 50 employees had been working at the plant - 220km (140 miles) north of Tokyo - to try to cool its four reactors⁴ and avert⁵（避免） a meltdown.

Mr Edano also said that the radiation levels were now falling from 1,000 millisieverts on Wednesday morning to 600-800.

But that was still more than average, Mr Edano said, adding that "workers cannot carry out even minimal⁶ work at the plant now. Because of the radiation risk, we are on standby."

The new fire at reactor four was reported early on Wednesday. Three hours later, Japan's nuclear safety agency said flames could no longer be seen.

But white smoke was later seen rising from reactor three. Officials are investigating the cause of both incidents and the damage done, with Mr Edano saying the smoke was probably steam from the evaporation⁷（蒸发，消失） of water, which caused the higher radiation.

"A part of the containment⁸ vessel⁹ is broken and it seems like the vapour is coming out from there. So... [it] appears to be that vapour is coming out from the broken part."

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1 reactor
n.反应器；反应堆
参考例句：
The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。 Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

2 tsunami
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。

3 withdrawn
vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出
参考例句：
Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。 All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

4 reactors
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。

5 avert
v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)
参考例句：
He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。 I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

6 minimal
adj.尽可能少的，最小的
参考例句：
They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。 I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

7 evaporation
n.蒸发，消失
参考例句：
Be careful not to lose too much liquid by evaporation.小心不要因蒸发失去太多水分。 Our bodies can sweat,thereby losing heat by evaporation.我们的身体能出汗，由此可以蒸发散热。

8 containment
n.阻止，遏制；容量
参考例句：
Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。 Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。

9 vessel
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。 You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

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