Some of the salt might be settling to the bottom of the reactor vessel rather than sticking to the fuel rods.

部分盐也许会沉入反应堆容器的底部，而不会粘在燃料棒上。

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The Sea of Galilee is a unique body of water: the bottom part is salt water fed by underground springs, while the top layer is fresh water.

加利利海是一片独一无二的水域：底部是地下泉水形成的咸水，顶层则是淡水。

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A small boat quay on a lake at the bottom of Turda salt mine in Turda, Romania (450km northwest of Bucharest) on December 9, 2010.

2010年12月9日，在罗马尼亚图尔达（布加勒斯特Bucharest西南部450千米)的图尔达盐矿底部湖中，停靠了一条小船。

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You have salt on top, and you have titanium on the bottom.

这时盐在上面，金属钛沉在下部。

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Despite abuse from a 15-pound baby girl, an attack by a pack of feral raccoons, a chewing by an ADD-addled river otter named Sidney, a ride to the bottom of a salt water pool with a dolphin, and a stomping from a 7, 400 pound elephant named Valerie, the Casio had survived.

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First, spread enough salt out on a roasting tray to thickly coat the bottom.

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It must be buried under a mountain, sunk to the bottom of the sea, or placed under a thick layer of salt deep under a desert for instance.

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