Nuclear Crisis in Japan Raises Worries About Radiation Risks

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences

2007年VOA标准英语-US Nuclear Agency Faulted for Security Gaps

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 12 July 2007 U.S. congressional investigators working undercover say they have obtained a license to buy enough radioactive material for a radiological bomb, without much scrutiny from federal regulators. The investigator

2006年VOA标准英语-Experts Debate Ways to Thwart Nuclear Terr

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 April 2006 A panel of experts gathered on Capitol Hill Friday to discuss efforts to prevent terrorists from obtaining enriched uranium and plutonium to make bombs. ----

奥巴马每周电视讲话：总统呼吁维护世界和平与安全 远离核恐怖主义

Hi, everybody. This week, I'm speaking to you from our Nuclear Security Summit. I welcomed more than 50 leaders from around the world to make sure we're working together to meet one of the greatest threats to global securityterrorists getting their h

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Nuclear Pollution and Cancer

ENVIRONMENT REPORT — March 15, 2002: Nuclear Pollution and Cancer By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. A recent report by the USA Today newspaper says that a large amo

2006年VOA标准英语-US Proposes Ban on Nuclear Bomb-Making Mat

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 May 2006 The United States has presented a draft treaty aimed at cutting off production of fissile material, the plutonium and uranium used in making nuclear weapons. A U.S.

VOA慢速英语2015 专家质疑有关朝鲜核武报告

AS IT IS 2015-03-19 Expert Questions Report on North Korea Nuclear Arms 专家质疑有关朝鲜核武报告 A former International Atomic Energy official has raised questions about claims made in a new report on North Korea. The report warns that No

2006年VOA标准英语-Terrorism in the Nuclear Age

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 26 October 2006 watch Nuclear Terrorism Nuclear materials have a wide range of characteristics. Enriched uranium or plutonium have awesome explosive potential. Cesium emits deadly radiation, while isotopes of some ra

2006年VOA标准英语-US Lawmakers Set to Consider US-India Nuclear D

By Dan Robinson Washington 25 July 2006 Legislation required to allow the U.S.-India agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation to go forward comes up for consideration Wednesday in the House of Representatives. House lawmakers have included strong l

2006年VOA标准英语-Security Issues Surround Russian Nuclear Stockp

By Anna Ardayeva Moscow, Russia 17 August 2006 watch Nuclear Stockpile report It's been almost 15 years since the United States launched its program to help secure the world's largest nuclear stockpile -- in Russia. But analysts warn that the effort

卡梅隆宣布辞去议员职务 退出英国政坛

Former UK PM David Cameron has stood down as an MP, triggering a by-election in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney. 前英国首相大卫卡梅隆辞去议员职务，促使牛津郡威特尼选区举行递补选举。 Mr Cameron, 49, who resigned as pri

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Study of Centenarians / How Sleep Impr

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - July 30, 2002: Study of Centenarians / How Sleep Improves Learning / New York Requires Abortion Training for Some New Doctors VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this i

2007年VOA标准英语-Russia, Australia Sign Uranium Deal

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney 07 September 2007 Russia has signed a deal to import Australian uranium for Russia's nuclear energy program. The two countries were quick to assure the world that the material would be used only for peacetime nuclear pu

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Yucca Mountain

By Jerilyn Watson ENVIRONMENT REPORT -July 19, 2002: Yucca Mountain This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Last week, the United States Senate gave final congressional approval for a proj

Water diversion project in E China ahead of schedule

BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The first phase of the eastern route of China's south-north water diversion project is expected to be completed ahead of schedule, authorities said. With the main part of the first-stage construction to be finished in Marc

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran's Nuclear Chief says IAEA Head 'B

It was another day of bullhorn diplomacy by Iran's top nuclear officials, who appear to be struggling to halt momentum for a new round of international sanctions. The head of Iran's atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, began the day by calling IAE

南水北调全面通水两年 惠及8700万人

Water diverted from the Yangtze River in southern China has helped ease thirst in northern China for more than 80 million people, a senior official said last Monday. 一位高级官员上周一表示，从长江调过来的水资源已经缓解中国北

VOA标准英语2010-Washington Summit to Discuss Nuclear Terr

The focus of the Global Security Summit - to answer how to secure nuclear stockpiles against terrorists A unique two-day summit expected to bring together more than 40 heads of state and government will open in Washington April 12. As VOA reports, th

2014年CRI 中国扩大马航失联航班的搜索范围 敦促日本解释核材料

China says it will expand the search area for the missing jet in the coming days. The search will be expanded to the east and west, with intensive search in the east region and enhanced efforts in the southeast from Saturday, according to the China M

【英语时差8,16】处置核废弃物-上

Whats the best way to dispose of nuclear waste? And is it true that scientists have considered sending it into space? Good question. To answer the second part firstyes, sending nuclear waste into space has come up. But if a rocket or space shuttle ca