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Meanwhile, the radioactive cloud continues to drift over Europe. It floats over Bavaria and Northern Italy.
這時放射性云層持續飄向歐洲上空 云層飄到巴伐利亞與北意大利上空
Radioactive Cesium 137 and lodine 131 rain down on the south of France and Corsica. Crops and pastures are seriously contaminated.
放射性銫137與碘131 在法國南部與科西嘉傾盆而下 作物與牧草遭到嚴重污染
While French authorities deny its presence, the cloud reaches Great Britain and spreads into Greece.
法國當局否認遭到云層污染 云層則已經抵達英國并且擴散到希臘
In Chernobyl the level of radioactivity continues to climb. 6000 tons of sand and boric acid have filled the hole.
在切爾諾貝利 放射量持續攀升 裂口被6千噸的沙與硼酸填滿
But underneath this gigantic plug, the white-hot magma continues to smolder.
但是在這個巨大的堵塞口下方 高熱巖漿持續悶燒中
10 days after the disaster, Gorbatchev personally invites Hans Blix, director of the powerful International Atomic Energy Agency, to visit the site.
災變發生后10天 戈爾巴喬夫私下邀請權威的國際原子能總署署長布利克斯前來視察現場
He is the first expert - and first Westerner - to visit Chernobyl.
他是第一位視察切爾諾貝利的西方專家
Well, we have seen the sight from the air, and we have seen that a little smoke still coming up from the damage.
我們從空中勘查現場可以看到毀損區域冒出了小量的煙
They was a good deal of talk about the risk of a second explosion.
他們談論許多關于第二次爆炸的事
I remember that, when we were in Moscow, actually we had a friend, a relative of one of my experts, phone and said that we have rumor that second reactor might also explode.
我還記得在莫斯科的時候 有個朋友 我其中一個專家的親戚來電 他說傳說還有第二個反應爐會爆炸
At the bottom of the reactor, 195 tons of nuclear fuel are still burning, giving off incredible heat that is gradually melting the sand.
在反應爐底部還有195噸的核燃料在燃燒 產生的驚人熱氣逐漸熔化了沙子
On the surface of the plug, cracks begin to appear. Once we plugged up the hole, the temperature started to rise.
堵塞口表面開始出現裂痕 我們把洞口塞住后溫度開始升高
We were afraid because it could have caused another explosion. It was terrifying.
我們很擔心因為這可能引發另一次爆炸 非常駭人
Scientists came to take readings. They were very worried.
科學家前往測量讀數 他們憂心忡忡
They were afraid the critical temperature would be reached and it would set off a second explosion. That would have been a terrible tragedy.
他們擔心會抵達臨界溫度而引發第二次爆炸 這將造成嚴重的悲劇
The cement slab below the reactor core is heating up and in danger of cracking. The magma is threatening to seep through.
反應爐核心下方的水泥板逐漸加熱 并且可能裂開 巖漿有往下滲透的危險
The water the firemen poured during the first hours of the disaster has pooled below the slab.
災變發生后消防員第一時間所灌注的水在水泥板下方積成水坑
If the radioactive magma makes contact with the water, it could set off a second explosion even more devastating than the first.
如果放射性巖漿接觸到水 將引發比第一次爆炸更具毀滅性的爆炸
