以后的三十年里，物理学发生了天翻地覆的变化：电子、原子核、放射性、量子理论、相对论相继出现。
The next three decades turned physics on its head, with the discovery of electrons, atomic nuclei, radioactivity, quantum theory and the theory of relativity.
我们有一些放射性同位素，这些同位素会自发变成其他的原子核。
You've got some radioactive isotopic that can spontaneously decay into some other nucleus.
由于没有电力将需要的水泵出以冷却原子核，工程师们将放射性的蒸汽排到空气中以减轻压力。
Lacking electricity to pump water needed to cool the atomic core, engineers vented radioactive steam into the atmosphere to release pressure.
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