They are racing against time to restore power and cooling systems to the six reactors at Fukushima Daiichi and try to avert the biggest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl in 1986.

他们正在和时间赛跑来恢复在福岛的6个核反应堆的电力和冷却系统，以试图避免自1986年切尔诺贝利以来最大的核灾难。

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Nuclear plants need power to operate motors, valves and instruments that control the systems that provide cooling water to the radioactive core.

核电厂需要电力去操作电机，阀门，和仪表，去操作控制提供冷却水到反应器内部的系统。

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The team is now forming the new polymer into small beads that can pass through the cooling systems of nuclear power-stations.

这组团队现在正将这一新型聚合物做成小珠的形状，这些珠子可以通过核电站的冷却装置。

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What emerged was a wish list from customers that included cleaner ways to burn coal and more efficient wastewater treatment systems, as well as nuclear power and hydrogen fuel cells.

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In the past month, Fukushima nuclear plant has experienced two power outages that shut down some of its cooling systems for spent fuel ponds.

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David Lochbaum, the director of the Union of Concerned Scientists' Nuclear Safety Program, during a conference call Monday, questioned the safety of U.S. nuclear plants that rely on batteries to back up the power supplies for cooling systems.

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