NBC晚间新闻 美国三里岛核电站永久关闭

The end came at noon today for Three Mile Island. The surviving nuclear reactor¹ with those iconic cooling towers shutting down for good. Time has run out on Three Mile Island. A plan with many years of operating life that is closing prematurely². Local officials were mourning the loss of 675 jobs, a 60 million dollar annual payroll³ that is powered eight hundred thirty thousand homes and businesses for decades.

Another blow to nuclear energy in America, with no new nuclear plants other than those already being built started in the U.S. Since the nation's worst nuclear accident four decades ago. The local community has been divided ever since. It was just panic, it was fear, it was all these emotions wrapped up into one. There wasn't enough radiation released from the accident to cause health effects. 300 workers will remain for now Dismantling⁴ the plant. Removing the radioactive⁵ spent, fuel could cost a billion dollars and take decades.

今天中午是三里岛核电站的终点。幸存的核反应堆和标志性的冷却塔永远关闭。三里岛的核电站走向了尽头。经营多年的计划过早地结束了。当地官员为失去675个工作岗位而哀悼，这是一份总计6000万美元的年薪，几十年来它为83万个家庭和企业提供了动力。这是对美国核能的又一次打击。自40年前美国发生最严重的核事故以来，除了已经在建的核电站外，美国没有新建核电站。从那时起，当地社区就分裂了。感觉就是恐慌，恐惧，所有的这些情感都融合到了一起。事故释放的辐射不足以造成健康影响。现在将有300名工人留下来拆除核电站。清除放射性废料、燃料可能要花费10亿美元，而且需要几十年的时间。

1 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

2 prematurely   

adv.过早地，贸然地

参考例句：

• She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs. 她早产，肺部未发育健全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black. 他的头发已经白了，不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。 来自辞典例句

3 payroll   

n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额

参考例句：

• His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
• I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。

4 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

5 radioactive   

adj.放射性的

参考例句：

• People should keep away from the radioactive waste.人们应远离放射性废物。
• The radioactive material is stored in a special radiation-proof container.放射性材料储存在防辐射的特殊容器里。