“We are definitely in ___1___, particularly given that the spent fuel pool appears to either not have water or have very little water. It’s completely ___2___ the atmosphere.”
David Biello is Scientific American’s energy and environment editor. He appeared earlier today, March 17th, on WNYC radio’s morning program, The Takeaway.
“So if that does indeed begin to ___3___, which it seems it may have already done, that radiation would be released directly.”
Even in the best-case scenario from this point onward, is the Fukushima site now a ___4___ for years to come?
“Yes. There’s no question that the contamination is significant. That’s why the workers had to cease their efforts and ___5___ at various periods. This is going to be like Chernobyl.”
Hear the entire interview at , and go to for continuing coverage of the state of the Fukushima nuclear site in Japan.
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uncharted waters exposed to melt down radioactive waste dump take cover
“我們無法預知事態(tài)將如何發(fā)展,尤其現(xiàn)在乏燃料池缺水嚴重,已經完全暴露在空氣中了。” 大衛(wèi)?比艾羅是《科學美國人》能源和環(huán)境專欄的編輯。3月17日,他接受了紐約WNYC廣播之聲早間節(jié)目“The Takeaway”的采訪?!凹偃绶θ剂铣卣娴陌l(fā)生堆芯熔毀的話,那么放射性物質將直接外泄,而堆芯燃料似乎已經熔毀了?!?以目前的情況來看,最樂觀的估計,福島核電站是否很多年之內都將成為廢墟? “是的。毫無疑問,放射性污染相當嚴重,這也使得核電站工作人員不得不時常中止手頭的工作,尋求遮蔽。這次事故堪比切爾諾貝利核泄漏。” 收聽完整采訪內容請登錄,關注日本福島核電站后續(xù)報道請登錄。