The operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will take between six to nine months to bring the reactors at the complex fully under control.

日本福岛第一核电厂的管理者说，将用六到九个月的时间来完全控制该厂的反应堆。

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At 9:00 a.m., the manager on duty braved the dangers of high nuclear radiation and became the first operator to execute the order.

到09：00，当班的经理冒着高度核辐射的危险做第一个操作员。

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“We’ve got at least 10 days to two weeks of potential drama before you can declare the accident over,” said Michael Friedlander, who worked as a nuclear plant operator for 13 years.

“我们至少需要 10 天到两周时间应对潜在的事件，然后才能宣布事故已经结束了”，当了 13 年的核电站操作员的迈克尔·弗里德兰德说。

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He insisted that British Energy, the languishing nuclear operator, should be allowed to fail, although he lost that particular battle.

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