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5 things to know about Japan's Fukushima water release in the Pacific

 

*defunct (지금은) 현존하지않는
*now-defunct 이제는 없어진 이제는 기능이 정지된
*talk something through (확실히 이해가 될 때까지) ~에 대해 끝까지 이야기를 나누다
NPR's Geoff Brumfiel and Kat Lonsdorf are here to talk us through the science behind the decision.
It all comes down to one word. 
*cesium 세슘
*decommission 퇴역시키다 (함선 무기 등을) 해체하다
*stick around (어떤 곳에서) 가지 않고 있다, 머무르다
which sticks around for 700 million years. So it could be worse.
*objection 이의, 반대(이유)
*negligible (중요성, 규모가 작아)무시해도 될 정도의
*down the road 앞으로, 나중에 = in the future
+) This new program will help us down the road.
    이 새로운 프로그램은 앞으로 우리에게 도움이 될 거야.
+) We'll make a decision that further down the line.
    우리는 그것에 대해 나중에 결정할게요.
That could cause problems for local fisheries down the road.

 

 

Workers in Japan have started releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The plant was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake and massive tsunami, and water has been accumulating ever since.

So how does the Japanese government plan to release this water safely?
There are a couple of parts to the plan. First, they are going to dilute the water with seawater, so that there's a lot less tritium in every drop. The government says they will bring tritium levels well below all safety limits, and below the level released by some operating nuclear plants. Second, they're taking that diluted water and passing it through a tunnel under the seafloor to a point off the coast of Fukushima in the Pacific Ocean. That will dilute it further.

 

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5 things to know about Japan's Fukushima water release in the Pacific

5 things to know about Japan's Fukushima water release in the Pacific