Experts Call for Local and Regional Control of Sites for Radioactive Waste
The main goal, should be to provide the Unied States with multiple process that requires acceptance by host communities and states, the authors write.
Going forward, efforts should be directed at locating storage facilities in the nations northeastern, southeastern, midwestern and western regions, and states within a given region should be responsible for developing solutions that suit their particular circumstances. Transportation of nuclear waste over long distances, which was a concern with the Yucca Mountain site, would be less of a problem because temporary storage or geological disposal sites could be located closer to reactors.
词汇:
geologist n.地质学家 reactor n.反应堆,反应器 geological adj.地质的
1. The withdrawal of Nevadas Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository: Nevadas Yucca Mountain:美国境内的内华达州尤卡山。nuclear waste repository:核废物处理库。美国能源部部长朱棣文 2009 年 3 月 5 日表示,拟在内华 达州尤卡山建设的核废物最终处理库将不再是美国储存高放废物的一个选项。
Princeton University:美国普林斯顿大学,建于 1746 年。
. was shelved:......被束之高阁。
high-level nuclear waste:高放核废物。
练习:
A Retirement. B Canceling. C Replaced. D Disposal.
A should be approved by the federal government.
D is not an important issue.
A Yucca Mountain was selected as the only site for a nuclear waste repository.
C The decision by Congress was put aside due to a number of problems. D The decision by Congress was accepted by local communities.
A Efforts should be made to solve the problems of transportation of nuclear waste over long distance.
C Efforts should be made to develop nuclear disposal sites to suit the circumstances of the region.
What is meant by regional approach as mentioned in the last paragraph?
B Geological repositories are located in a variety of rock types.
D Waste disposal sites are located far away from reactors.
B withdrawal 是个多义词,在句子中的意思是撤销或中止。
D 第三段的第一个句子包含了 A、B 和 C 所述内容。
A This regional approach 的意思是:地域性方法,指的是前一段中所表述的内容, 即,地方政府应当考虑当地的特殊环境,对核废物的处置地选择负责。B、C 和 D 的表述 内容都是错误理解。
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