2024届高三下学期英语培优外刊阅读学案 日本排污入海话题.docx

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外刊精选｜执意启动“排污入海”，日本政府信誉破产

8月24日，日本政府无视国际社会的强烈质疑和反对，开始将福岛第一核电站的核污染水排入大海。根据东京电力公司的计划，首次排放将持续17天，整个排海工作预计持续30年。中国海关总署已宣布，全面暂停进口日本水产品。“排污入海”是日本处理福岛核污水的唯一选择吗？这一事件埋伏着怎样的危机？

JustLikeThat,TonsofRadioactiveWasteIsHeadingfortheOcean

ByAzbyBrown

ThisweekJapanwillbeginreleasingmorethanamilliontonsoftreatedradioactivewater,nowstoredatthedisabledFukushimaDaiichiNuclearPowerPlant,intothePacificOcean.Itisexpectedtotakedecadestoreleaseallofthewaterattheplant,whichwasdevastatedin2011byatsunamigeneratedbythepowerfulTohokuearthquake.

TheJapanesegovernmentandTepcomadethedecisiontoreleasethewaterafteraprocessthathasbeenneitherfullytransparentnoradequatelyinclusiveofimportantstakeholders,bothinJapanandabroad.Thisplantstheseedsforwhatcouldbedecadesofmistrustandcontention.

Numerousexpertsandenvironmentalgroupshavecomplainedthattherehasbeenaconsistentlackofsufficientpublicinputandthatsomeviablealternatives,suchaslong-termstorageinmorerobusttanks,werenotseriouslyevaluated.

Publichearings,someofwhichIattended,wereheldbeforeandafterthefinaldecision,buttheseseemedmoreaboutsellingtheoceanreleaseoptionthanaboutgivingthepublicasay.Itwasonlymonthsafterthedecisionwasannouncedthataradiologicalenvironmentalimpactassessment—conductedbyTepco—wasfinallyreleased.WhenTepcocalledforpubliccommentsforthestudy,someexpertspointedouttroublinginformationgaps,suchasthelackofafullinventoryofwhatradioactiveelementsremainedinthetanks.

CountrieslikeSouthKorea,ChinaandsomePacificIslandnationshavebeenparticularlycritical.Chinahasredoubleditscriticism,accusingJapanoftreatingtheoceanlikeaprivatesewer.

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1.radioactive英[ˌreɪdiəʊˈæktɪv]美[ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv]adj._________________________