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1、LatestreportsfromJapanrevealacountrydrowninginsorrowfromlastweek’sdevastatingearthquakeandtsunami,anditwillnowhavetogiveundividedattentiontoadisasterofsurgingradiationlevelsatFukushima’sDaiichinuclearfacility.ScientistsarewarningthatthefiresassociatedwithexplosionsattheDaiic
2、hinuclearplant,wherefuelstoragepoolshaveoverheated,maybelettingoffradioactivesteam.DavidLochbaum,nuclearengineerattheUnionofConcernedScientists,said:“Ifthespentfuelpoolisonfire,thechancesofradioactivitygettingtothepublicareverymuchhigher,”theGuardianreports.Lochbaumsaidashut
3、downlastyearattheNo.4reactorledtotheemptyingofitsreactorcoreintothespentfuelpool.“Thereismuchmorematerialtherebecausethereisatleastonereactorcorepluswhattherewastostartwith,anditisinabuildingthathasabigholeinthesideofit.”AccordingtoReuters,therearenolongerflamesattheNo.4reac
4、torwhichexplodedonTuesday.WorkershavebeenattemptingtocleardebrisforroadconstructionsofiretruckscanaccesstheDaiichicomplex.Butnewsaboutacrackappearingatanotherreactorunitsparkedmoreconcernsabouttheplant.TheNewYorkTimesreportsthedamageattheNo.3reactor"worsenedthealreadyperilou
5、sconditionsattheplant,adayafterofficialssaidthecontainmentvesselintheNo.2reactorhadalsocracked."TheJapanesegovernmentstillinsiststheradiationlevelsdischargingfromtheFukushimasitearelow.“Peoplewouldnotbeinimmediatedangeriftheywentoutsidewiththeselevels.Iwantpeopletounderstand
6、this,”ChiefCabinetSecretaryYukioEdanosaidinatelevisednewsconference,Reutersreports.LatestreportsfromTEPCOcallthebrewingnightmarea“specificincident,”definingitasanExtraordinaryincreaseofradiationdoseatsiteboundary.TEPCOalsoreportstherearenolongersignsoffireattheNo.4reactorThe
7、Japanesegovernmenthasinstructedevacuationsforthosewithina20kmradiusofthesite,andallcitizenswithina30kmradiusofthesiteshouldremainindoors.Thatareainvolvessome140,000people.HighradiationlevelsatthesitepreventedahelicopterfromaplannedoperationofdroppingwateronNo.3reactor’sfuelr
8、ods,inanattempttocoolthem.8TheNo.3reactorisnowthepriority,asReutersreportsi
