Unit 2
Nuclear Radiation
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Approaching the Topic
Task 2
2.
Date | Location 订报 | Description | Deaths | I-131 Relea in 1,000Ci | Cost (in million $US) | INES level |
Jan. 3, 1961 | Idaho Falls, Idaho, US | Explosion at SL-1, National Reactor Testing Station. All 3 operators killed when rod was removed too far causing a critical surge and steam explosion. An additional 1,100 Curies were relead as fission products to the atmosphere, but due to the remoteness, most of it was recovered and buried. 应征公民体检标准 | 3 | 0.08 | 22 | 4 |
Mar. 28, 1979 | Middletown, Pennsylvania, US | Loss of coolant and partial core meltdown. | 0 | 0.017 | 2,400 | 5 |
Apr. 26, 1986 吃了精子会怀孕吗 | Pripyat, Ukraine | Steam explosion and meltdown necessitating the evacuation of 300,000 people from Kiev and dispersing radioactive material across Europe. | 53 | 7,000 | 6,700 | 7 |
Sep. 30, 1999 | Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | Workers at the Tokaimura uranium processing facility added too many buckets of uranium directly into a precipitation tank, causing it to go critical, killing two, and exposing one more to radiation levels above permissible limits. | 2 | | 54 | 4 |
Aug. 9, 2004 | Fukui Prefecture, Japan | Steam explosion at Mihama Nuclear Power Plant killed 4 workers and injured ven more. | 4 | | 9 | 1 |
Mar. 11, 2011 | Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan 利用我 | Cooling failure in 4 reactors following an earthquake, tsunami and multiple fires at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. 2 workers died due to the tsunami and another (in his 60s) succumbed during clean-up work, possibly due to heart failure or exhaustion, as no significant radiation was found on his person. | 3 | 2,400 | | 追星的好处 7 (provisional) |
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Task 3
2.
1) Higher-than-standard levels of radiation were detected in their products.
2) Spinach and other green-leaf vegetables.
3) They have been returned to the farmers.
P39
Main Reading
Task 1
Nouns: 1.l 2.n 3.a 4.k 5.h 6.j 7.i 8.m 9.e 10.b 11.f 12.g 13.c 14.d 15.o
Adjectives: 1.k 2.o 3.i 4.l 5.j 6.m 7.n 8.g 9.b 10.e 11.a 12.d 13.c 14.f 15.h
Verbs: 1.g 2.d 3.h 4.b 5.f 6.e 7.a 8.c
Adverbs: 1.f 2.d 3.g 4.b 5.e 6.h 7.a 8.c
Phras: 1.c 2.d 3.f 4.a 5.b 6.g 7.e
Task 2
1.
1) Radiation is all around. It comes from outer space (cosmic), the ground (terrestrial), and even from within human bodies. It is prent in the air, food, water, and in the construction materials ud to build homes. Man-made radiation also comes from medical, commercial, and industrial activities.
2) Levels of natural or background radiation can vary greatly from one location to the next.
3) Biological effects of radiation on living cells may result in three outcomes: (1) injured or damaged cells that repair themlves, resulting in no residual damage; (2) cells killed, jus
t as millions of body cells die every day, being replaced through normal biological process; or (3) cells that incorrectly repair themlves resulting in a biophysical change.
4) Although radiation may cau cancers at high dos and high do rates, currently there are no data to establish unequivocally the occurrence of cancer following exposure to low dos and do rates.
5) Becau radiation affects different people in different ways, it is not possible to indicate what do is needed to be fatal. However, it is believed that 50% of a population would die within thirty days after receiving a do of between 350,000 to 500,000 mrem (3500 to 5000 mSv) to the whole body, over a period ranging from a few minutes to a few hours. This would vary depending on the health of the individuals before the exposure and the medical care received after the exposure.
6) The likelihood of cancer occurring after radiation exposure is about five times greater than a genetic effect.
7) No. It is naturally prent in the environment. Consumer products such as tobacco, fertilizer, welding rods, exit signs, luminous watch dials, and smoke detectors contribute about another 10 mrem to people’s annual radiation exposure.
2.
Radiation is all around. It comes from outer space (cosmic), the ground (terrestrial), and even from within human bodies. It is prent in the air, food, water, and in the construction materials ud to build homes. Man-made radiation also comes from medical, commercial and industrial activities. Levels of natural or background radiation can vary greatly from one location to the next. Biological effects of radiation on living cells may result in three outcomes: (1) injured or damaged cells that repair themlves, resulting in no residual damage; (2) cells killed, just as millions of body cells die every day, being replaced through normal biological process; or (3) cells that incorrectly repair themlves resulting in a biophysical change. Although radiation may cau cancers at high dos and high do rates, currently there are no data to establish unequ
ivocally the occurrence of cancer following exposure to low dos and do rates. Becau radiation affects different people in different ways, it is not possible to indicate what do is needed to be fatal. However, it is believed that 50% of a population would die within thirty days after receiving a do of between 350,000 to 500,000 mrem (3500 to 5000 mSv) to the whole body, over a period ranging from a few minutes to a few hours. This would vary depending on the health of the individuals before the exposure and the medical care received after the exposure. The likelihood of cancer occurring after radiation exposure is about five times greater than a genetic effect. Radiation is naturally prent in the environment. Consumer products such as tobacco, fertilizer, welding rods, exit signs, luminous watch dials, and smoke detectors contribute about another 10 mrem to people’s annual radiation exposure. Therefore, it is not necessary to fear all kinds of radiation.
3.
Types of Radiation | Origins | Effects on People |
Natural or background radiation | Food: bananas, brazil nuts | low levels of radiation exposure: the biological effects are so small they may not be detected. |
Building materials: brick, stones |
Cosmic: high altitude residence |
Man-made radiation | Medical activities: CT scans | low levels of radiation exposure: the biological effects are so small they may not be detected. |
Commercial activities: exit signs, smoke detectors |
Industrial activities: tobacco, fertilizer, welding rods, luminous watch dials | 小孩辅食做法大全
Aperitif | | |
P46
Related Reading
Task 1
1. conquence 2. leakage 3. slightly 4. speculation 5. scenario
杏花的诗句
6. emission 7. substance 8. symptom 9. fatigue 10. decay
11. sufficient 12. potential 13. deleteriously 14. block 15. expend