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Experts Want to Give a Nuclear Plant a New Lease on Life … By Turning it into a Theme Park

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Experts Want to Give a Nuclear Plant a New Lease on Life … By Turning it into a Theme Park
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Experts from Germany have suggested a plan as to what to do with Taiwan’s Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, although it may not be what might be expected.
來自德國的專家提出了一項處理核四的計劃,儘管可能不是大眾們所預期的。
expert(n.)專家
During a visit organized by the German Trade Office Taipei, visiting specialists from six German companies and research organizations suggested turning the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant into a theme park.
來自六家德國公司和研究機構的訪問專家接受德國經濟辦事處邀請訪台,建議將龍門核電廠改造成一座主題公園。
specialist(n.)專家
The delegation, put together by the German Trade Office Taipei and German’s Baden-Wurttemberg International, held a forum last month in Taipei and shared their experiences of decommissioning nuclear power plants.
由德國經濟辦事處和德國巴登符騰堡邦國際經濟與科技合作協會邀請的代表團上月在台北舉行論壇,分享處置退役核電廠的經驗。
forum(n.)論壇decommission(v.) 關閉、停止使用(設備或武器)
Oskar Grozninger, the former head of Germany’s Nuclear Energy Supervision and Radiation Protections Department, cited the example of the Kalkar Nuclear Power Plant, which was refitted as a theme park after the project was canceled in 1991.
前德國核設施審批監管司長格羅辛格舉了德國卡爾卡爾核電廠的例子,在1991年該項目被取消後改建為主題公園。
refit(v.)整修;改裝
It took four years to convert facilities at the power plant into “Wunderland Kalkar”, which today hosts around 600,000 visitors a year.
原核電廠歷經4年被改造成「Wunderland Kalkar」樂園,如今每年接待約60萬名遊客。
convert sth. into sth. 轉換成、改造facilities(n.)(常複)設施
Grozinger said the park is suitable for children and adults of all ages, adding there are no safety concerns.
格羅辛格表示,該主題樂園老少咸宜,沒有安全疑慮。
safety concerns安全疑慮
Taiwan is currently debating what to do with its fourth nuclear power plant, which after years of on-and-off construction, was finally confirmed for decommission in March.
台灣目前正在就如何處理其核四問題進行辯論,經歷數年停建、復建後,終於在今年3月確定關閉。
construction(n.)興建、建造decommission(v.)關閉、停止使用(設備或武器)
The plant had stocks of nuclear fuel, but this fuel was neither used nor even loaded into the nuclear reactors.
核四有核燃料庫存,但從未使用,也未曾裝載進核反應爐。
fuel(n.)燃料neither A nor B既不…也不nuclear reactors核反應爐
The plant’s uranium fuel rods will be shipped to the US for processing in a series of eight batches over the next three years, with the final batch scheduled to be sent by the end of 2020.
核四的鈾燃料棒將在未來三年內,分8批運往美國處理,最後一批預計於2020年底前發送。
uranium fuel rods鈾燃料棒batch(n.)一批;一組(be) scheduled to RV預計…
However, officials are still yet to make a decision regarding the site, which costs around NT$800 million per year to maintain.
然而,官員仍未決定核四的遺址的處理方式,目前核四每年的維護費用約為8億新台幣。
regarding(prep.)關於=aboutmaintain(v.)維持、保養、維護

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nuclear (power) plant
核能發電廠
a new lease on life
使…更有活力;使用壽命(或持續時間)延長
lease(n.)
租約;租契(v.)租借
turn…into…
把…轉變成…=convert…into…=transform…into…
expert(n.)
專家
specialist(n.)
專家
forum(n.)
論壇
decommission(v.)
關閉、停止使用(設備或武器)
refit(v.)
整修;改裝
convert sth. into sth.
轉換成、改造
facilities(n.)(
常複)設施
safety concerns
安全疑慮
construction(n.)
興建、建造
decommission(v.)
關閉、停止使用(設備或武器)
fuel(n.)
燃料
neither A nor B
既不…也不
nuclear reactors
核反應爐
uranium fuel rods
鈾燃料棒
batch(n.)
一批;一組
(be) scheduled to RV
預計…
regarding(prep.)
關於=about
maintain(v.)
維持、保養、維護
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