Strong Public Criticism on Japan's Nuke Power Policy

　　Japanese residents are protesting against the country's nuclear power policy following revelations that over 300 tons of contaminated water flow daily from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.

 

　　Japan's authorities confirmed that the radioactive water has been entering the sea at least since June.

 

　　Many residents gathered in front of Japan's Ministry¹ of Economy, Trade and Industry to protest against the government's lack of action.

 

　　"The government has done nothing for such an important matter, and it even concealed² the information until the end of the election. I cannot forgive such a government, such an Atomic Energy Commission or the Tokyo Electric Power Company."

 

　　The nuclear plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, only started pumping the contaminated water this Friday.

 

　　It is expected that it will take at least several months for TEPCO start pumping tainted³ water from two other contaminated areas near the coast.

 

　　TEPCO estimates that up to about 100 tons of contaminated water is leaking into the Pacific Ocean every day.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

3 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》