跟读练习: Company Prepares for Risky Clean Up of Fukushima Reactor - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Music From VOA Learning English,
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this is the Technology Report.
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Workers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan will soon begin another cleanup effort.
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More than 1,500 nuclear fuel rods are to be removed from
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a damaged storage pool 30 meters above ground inside the Reactor 4 building.
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TEPCO, the Tokyo Electric Power Company,
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owns the nuclear power station.
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Critics say TEPCO should not be trusted to carry out the operation.
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However, TEPCO General Manager Masayuki Ono says the operation has been carefully planned.
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TEPCO had to rebuild the reactor for building after a hydrogen explosion destroyed it.
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TEPCO workers will first remove pieces of wreckage left by the explosion.
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Then workers will remove the fuel rods one by one.
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They will use a crane suspended above the building.
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The fuel rods must not touch each other or break.
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Nuclear experts warn that any accidents could cause an explosion many times worse than the one in March 2011.
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Mitsue Murata is Japan's former ambassador to Switzerland and an anti-nuclear activist.
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He notes that problems over the past 30 months,
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including radioactive water leaks, have raised questions about TEPCO's efforts.
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He says, if the worst happens and workers have to withdraw,
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then it could be considered what he calls the beginning of the ultimate catastrophe of the world.
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Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy says TEPCO alone is responsible for safety.
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But to support TEPCO, the agency has sought advice from specialists around the world.
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Nuclear inspectors have approved TEPCO's plan to remove the fuel from Reactor 4.
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The process is expected to begin in November and be finished in 18 months.
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For VOA Learning English, I'm Carolyn Prasuti.
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