Reactor operators calculate how long it would take, once cooling is lost, for the spent fuel to boil the water it sits in.

反应堆操作员计算过燃料池使输入的冷却水沸腾（即冷却失效）需多少时间。

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"I got them to boil some water and showed them how to cup," he says. "the looks on their faces were, 'Oh my god, what are we doing?'"

我让他们烧水然后向他们展示如何杯测，他们的表情像是在说，‘天哪，这是在干嘛？’

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There was actually a show called How to Boil Water.

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Dr. FRED CERISE (Louisiana Health Department): We can tell you how to be safe with the water and boil it before you ingest it, used bottled water, but to the extent that people ingest the water anyway, they're going to be at risk.

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