Aircraft Carriers

Being a super power, it’s not possession of nuclear weapons, it’s not having a large armed forces, it’s not having higher tech equipment than anyone else, if there’s one thing that defines bei

NPR 2011-03-23

The sound of heavy anti-aircraft fire booms in the Libyan capital Tripoli, where forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi are defiantly responding to US-allied air strikes. NPR's David Greene is in Tripoli, where he says Gaddafi backers are out despite

2018年CRI Installation completed for pressure vessel of Hualong One nuclear power unit

The pressure vessel of the No. 5 reactor at the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant in Fujian has been installed. The facility is using Chinese designed-and-built third-generation Hualong One reactor technology. The nuclear power unit is scheduled to be put i

高级英语听力 lesson 23

Soviet officials have confirmed that a crippled nuclear submarine sank in the Atlantic early today. US officials believe the sub carried at least sixteen nuclear missiles. Explosion and fire on the vessel last Friday killed three crewmen. The rest of

Robot Explores Fukushima Reactor

A robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant this week to take pictures of the reactor destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The robot, nicknamed 'The Little Sunfish,' is very small about the size of a loaf of bread.

我国第二艘航空母舰下水

China officially launched its second -- and the first domestically developed -- aircraft carrier on Wednesday morning in Dalian, Liaoning province. 星期三（4月26日）早上，我国第二艘航空母舰也是第一艘中国人自主研发的航母

我国首艘国产航母不久之后将正式服役

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the second such vessel, will soon be commissioned, say reports. 有报道称，中国第一艘国产航空母舰、也就是中国的第二艘航母，很快就会正式服役了。 Designed to be a

China expands its oldest nuclear power plant with new unit

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Qinshan nuclear power plant, China's first, has finished an expansion project with a new generator unit in operation, said China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on Sunday. The pressurized water reactor power-generatin

VOA标准英语2011--Fukushima Plant Operator: Nitrogen Pumpi

Fukushima Plant Operator: Nitrogen Pumping Operation Going Well A plan to inject nitrogen into the containment vessel around reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant appears to be working, the plant owner said Thursday. Higher pressure levels h

2015年CRI ＂Reactor Relevant＂ Fusion, a Potential Game Changer in Energy Production

Fusion is how stars produce energy. It occurs when the nuclei of light atoms, such as hydrogen, are fused together under extreme pressure and heat. Tokamak Energy, from Oxfordshire, believes that the third version of their compact, spherical tokamak

VOA双语新闻 Damaged US Nuclear Sub Returns to Guam

A U.S. Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine, under heavy escort, has arrived back at its home port of Guam after a fatal accident at sea. 美国旧金山号核动力攻击潜艇在发生致命事故以后，在严密的护航之下返回在关岛的基

2006年VOA标准英语-Experts: North Korean Reactor Dreams More

By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 January 2006 North Korea recently announced it no longer needs the United States to provide it with a light-water nuclear reactor for energy production. The communist state says

2007年VOA标准英语-US Says N. Korea Shutdown of Yongbyon Reactor a

By Stephanie Ho Washington 15 July 2007 U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says Washington still has concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, despite Pyongyang's decision to shut down its main plutonium reprocessing facility. VOA's St

Chernobyl Accident Anniversary Recalled

Pripyat, Ukraine. A dead city. Homes, schoolrooms, playgrounds, and other places are crumbling as wild nature reclaims the land. Pripyat once had some 50,000 residents（居民） . Now they are gone, perhaps forever. Only the artifacts of their live

前途未卜的英国威尔士核项目

In a field in a remote part of north-west Wales, a lone farmer cuts the grass, parcelling it up into hay bales which can be sold for a modest profit. His farm, and even the hill on which it sits, will soon be demolished by the Japanese-owned company

中国宣布首艘国产航母正在大连建造

Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a news briefing yesterday that the 50,000-ton vessel is being built in the north-eastern port city of Dalian. He stressed that China remains committed to peaceful development and to a defence policy that is

2018年CRI China's first homegrown aircraft carrier begins sea trials

China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier has set out from a port in Liaoning on its maiden voyage to start sea trials. The 50,000-ton vessel, codenamed Type 001A, is the second aircraft carrier launched by China. It follows the carrier Liaon

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Russia against Iranian sanctions

ISTANBUL, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Russian foreign minister said here on Thursday that Russian had always been against unilateral（单边的） sanctions against Iran and hopes that they can be lifted in the upcoming Iranian nuclear talks. Russian Fo

【英语时差8,16】核电厂更安全了吗？（下）

According to the 2009 update of an MIT study first published in 2003, nuclear power plants in the United States have become more reliable and significantly safer. For one thing, nuclear plant operators now receive better and more rigorous training. A