莫斯科街头将装“反恐”公厕

俄罗斯首都莫斯科将于今年年底在街头安装最新研制的“反恐”公厕，届时占据街头大量空间的旧式塑料公厕将被取代。据介绍，这种新型公厕的定位是“自主、美观、反恐”，其外部材质使用碳纤维增强型混凝土，内部隔间则使用钢筋和增强塑料的混合材料，能够承受一枚炸弹爆炸产生的冲击强度。每人每次使用该公厕的时间最长为30分钟，到达时间限制后公厕门就会自动打开，并且发出警报。另外，公厕内的温度常年保持在16摄氏度以上，在俄罗斯寒冷的冬天如厕也不会觉得冷。

Moscow is to be equipped with terrorist-proof public lavatories that are strong enough to contain a bomb blast.

The introduction of the state-of-the-art WCs follows a spate of Islamist terror attacks on the Russian capital over the years.

In the last major attack, in January, a suicide bomber struck Moscow’s busiest airport killing 37 people.

“This lavatory can function on its own and is vandal and terrorist-proof,” said Anatoly Ashikhmin, an official involved in the project.

The new lavatories’ shells will be made from ultra-strong fibrous concrete, while fittings inside will be hewn from a mixture of steel and reinforced plastic.

Due to be pressed into service before the end of the year, members of the public will be allowed to spend a maximum of thirty minutes inside before the door opens automatically and an alarm sounds.

In a city where the temperature can plunge well below zero in winter, the new unisex WCs boast another advantage: the temperature inside will never drop below 16 degrees Celsius.

City officials have not said how many of the fully automatic vacuum lavatories will be ordered but have promised that in time they will replace the flimsy primitive portable plastic lavatories that currently litter many public spaces in Moscow.