日本福岛核危机调查一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料日本福岛核危机调查一托福阅读机经背景 The authors of the most comprehensive independent report on Japans nuclear reactor meltdowns last year say the country was “very lucky” to have avoided a “worst-case scenario” that would have prompted the evacuation of Tokyo. But they warn that dangers remain because of the way Japans nuclear industry is managed and regulated and how plants in the country were built. 对日本去年核反应堆事故最全面独立调查报告的作者说，日本“非常幸运” 地避免了需要疏散整个东京的“最坏结果”。但报告作者同时警告，由于日本核工业的运作和管理模式，以及日本国内核设施的建造方式，核危机仍然存在。 The 420report says the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was made worse because the plants nuclear reactors and spent fuel pools were too close to each other and, and that the same problem exists at other nuclear plants in Japan. 这份420页的报告指出，由于日本福岛核电站内的核反应堆和核燃料池相距过近，加剧了核电站危机的严重性，而这种情况在日本其他核电站中依然存在。 Woefully unprepared The report, which took six months to compile, is based on interviews with 300 people conducted by about 30 investigators, including academics, lawyers and freelance journalists. It finds that Japan was woefully unprepared for the unprecedented compound disaster. 这份调查报告历时6个月写成，30名调查人员对包括学术界人士、律师和自由职业记者在内的300人进行了访谈。报告显示，日本对那次史无前例的核灾难毫无准备。 The commissions chairman, Koichi Kitazawa -- a former head of Japans science and technology agency -- says a “myth of absolute safety” blinded the nuclear industry and government regulators. “We found that Japan, as a whole, was not ready at all to manage the crisis, from the accident site to the premiers office,” Kitazawa stated. 日 本科 学技术振兴机构的前任理事长北泽宏一是这个调查委员会的负责人 ，他说，“绝对安全的神话”蒙蔽了核工业和政府监管人员。北泽宏一说：“我们发现整个日本，从危机发生地到首相办公室，对如何处理那场危机根本没有准备。” Another of the reports commissioners, Tetsuya Endo - the former chairman of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency - says Japan was more concerned about preventing public panic than sharing information. He says, therefore, there was no comprehensive communication between the U.S. and Japanese governments in the critical, initial days of the crisis. 调