| Japan Tuesday raised the severity of its nuclear disaster to the highest level, putting it on a par with the world's worst disaster nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Reuters reported. |
據路透社報道，周二，日本將核事故的嚴重級別調至最高，與世界最嚴重的切爾諾貝利核事故處于同一級別。 |
| The rating of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was raised from 5 to 7, the worst on the internationally recognized scale. Japan said this reflects the initial severity of the crisis and not the current situation. An official with Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission said that the emission of radioactive substances from Fukushima plant is about 10% of the amount detected at Chernobyl. |
福島第一核電站事故等級從5級升至7級。日本表示，這反映的是核危機初始的嚴重程度，并非現今的狀況。日本原子力安全委員會的一名官員稱，福島核電站釋放的放射物質量約為在切爾諾貝利檢測到總量的10%。 |
| On Tuesday, a magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck off the coast of Chiba, 77 km northwest of Tokyo. Shortly, a fire broke out at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Several hours later, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said the fire was put out. TEPCO said the fire has had no impact on radiation levels around the plant or on the plant's cooling systems. |
周二，東京西北部77公里外的千葉縣沿海發生6.3級余震，福島核電站隨后起火。數小時后，東京電力公司稱火被撲滅。東電表示，火災對電站周圍的輻射水平和電站的冷卻系統無影響。 |
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On Monday evening, an aftershock measuring 6.6 hit Fukushima prefecture, killing one person, forcing workers to evacuate the nuclear plant and knocking out power to 220,000 households.
(China.org.cn April 13, 2011) |
周一晚，震幅達6.6級的余震襲擊了福島縣，導致一人死亡，工人被迫撤離核電站，22萬戶居民停電。 |
