Emergency workers have been unable to enter any reactor building since the disaster.

自灾难发生之后，应急工人已经无法进入任何一座反应堆建筑。

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They know that if there is a reactor meltdown it could be a major disaster affecting huge areas and massive Numbers of people, and they are risking their lives to try and prevent that.

他们知道如果一个核反应堆熔化，这会成为影响巨大范围和大量人民的主要灾难，他们牺牲自己的生命试图阻止这一切。

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Gates suggested there's much more potential for nuclear energy, despite the recent disaster with Japan's Fukushima reactor.

盖茨表示，尽管最近日本的福岛核反应堆发生了大灾难，但是核能仍然存在巨大的应用潜力。

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It took the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine for the nuclear industry to focus collectively on reactor operating safety.

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In addition, the company chose to build its cooling facility at a lower elevation than its reactor, a decision that has played a significant role in the current disaster.

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The disaster caused billions of dollars worth of damage to residential and commercial property and also damaged a nuclear reactor that was operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), sending dangerous levels of radiation out into the atmosphere.

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