Fukushima Plant Could Leak Radiation for Months

     Government officials in Japan say it could take months for radiation(放射辐射) leaks to be brought under control at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

    The Fukushima Daiichi plant continues to spew radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean and government officials are saying the crisis at the stricken plant could last for months to come.

    On Sunday workers were preparing to attempt to seal a hole in a maintenance pit that is thought to be allowing radioactive water from inside the plant to escape to the sea.

    The hole, discovered a day earlier, is around 20 centimeters in length and the Tokyo Electric Power company says it will try and seal it with a mixture of sawdust, shredded¹ newspaper and a plastic that is supposed to expand as it sets.

    News that the crisis might go on for months was delivered by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said at a news conference.

    Edano says he believes several months is a reasonable amount of time to expect a solution.  He said the government is also exploring options to shorten this period.

    Also on Sunday, Tokyo Electric Power said it had found the bodies of two plant workers missing since the massive tsunami² hit the plant on March 11.

    The two were found in the basement of a reactor³ turbine building at the plant. They had died of multiple injuries.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 shredded   

shred的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. 先铺一层碎生菜叶，再把鱼放上，就可以上桌了。
• I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special. 我觉得麻婆豆腐和鱼香肉丝味道不错。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

3 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。