In any case, a policy of containment risks backfiring, except against an unambiguously hostile China.

除非是在对抗具有清晰敌意的中国，在其他任何时候，这种遏制政策将会引发后院起火的风险。

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In the worst-case scenario, the fuel can spill out of the containment unit and spread toxic radioactivity through the air and water.

最糟的情况是，燃料会从容器单位中洒出，有毒的辐射会进入空气和水中。

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Shell has also been asked to build a containment device in case it is needed.

BBC: Shell claims progress on North Sea oil leak

The WHO said it had prepared "rapid containment measures" in case they were needed.

BBC: Experts probe deadly Mexico flu

That is a very different situation than at Fukushima Daiichi, where the fuel in three reactors is thought to have burned holes in their immediately surrounding pressure vessels, and in one case to have fallen all the way through to the bottom of the outer containment vessel.

WSJ: Japan to Take 40 Years to Dismantle Fukushima Nuclear Plant