Japan started discharging treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Aug.24. Totally About 1.3 million tons of water will be released over decades.

本月24號日本福島核電廠正式開始排放經稀釋處理過的廠內貯存核廢水入太平洋，總計超過130萬噸的核廢水，耗費數十年才能全部排放入海。

＊discharge：（v.）排放
＊diluted：（adj.）經稀釋的
＊radioactive：（adj.）具有放射性的；有輻射性的
＊release：（v.）釋放
＊decade：（n.）十年

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has accumulated more than 1.3 million tons of water since it was damaged by a tsunami in 2011. Discharge of the water was greenlit by the IAEA. The process will take place over a period of 30 years. Although the water has been filtered and diluted, it will still contain tritium, which emits low levels of radiation. That's raised concerns from Japan and nearby countries. Despite safety assurances from Japan and the IAEA, China has issued a furious response and its allies in the Pacific have backed that criticism.

2011年的日本311大地震所引發的海嘯導致福島核電廠發生核災事故，而目前廠區內貯存的核處理水，累積已經超過130萬噸，在國際原能署IAEA准許下，開始將稀釋處理後的核廢水排入大海，預估整個排放作業將耗時至少30年之久。雖然經過稀釋，但放射性元素"氚"流入大海，日本及鄰近國家相當關切。儘管日本和原子能機構做出了安全保證，但中國大陸對此做出憤怒的回應，且其在太平洋的盟友也支援此一批評。
＊accumulate：（v.）累積
＊greenlit：（v.）開綠燈；准許某事發生
＊the IAEA：（n.）國際原子能總署International Atomic Energy Agency的頭字語縮寫。

☆國際原子能機構又稱為國際原子能總署，成立於1957年7月29日，是致力於和平發展原子能的獨立政府間國際組織，隸屬於聯合國系統。總部位於中立國奧地利首都維也納，在2005年10月6日因「防止核能被用於軍事目的，並確保最安全的和平利用核能」而獲得諾貝爾和平獎。
＊filtered：（adj.）經過濾的
＊tritium：（n.）氚
☆Tritium氚ㄔㄨㄢ，亦稱超重氫，或三重氫，是氫的同位素之一，元素符號為T。其原子核由一顆質子和兩顆中子所組成，具有放射性，會發生β衰變，放出電子變成氦-3，其半衰期為12.43年。
＊emit：（v.）散發（光、雜訊、氣味或氣體）
＊assurance：（n.）保證
＊ally：（n.）盟國

Strongly and repeatedly, China has criticized the release plan, banned Japanese seafood imports and cast doubt on the expert assessments that concluded the operation poses no harm to the environment. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has delayed elections and issued a "strong statement against Japan's decision."People marched and held banners during a protest in Suva against Japan's decision to release treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

中國大陸一再強烈批評釋放計劃，禁止日本海鮮進口，並對專家提出日本排放廢水的操作不會對環境造成損害的評估表示懷疑。所羅門群島總理馬納西·索加瓦雷（Manasseh Sogavare）推遲了選舉並宣佈了一份「強烈反對日本決定的宣告」。在蘇瓦舉行的抗議活動中，人們遊行並舉起橫幅抗議日本決定釋放癱瘓的福島第一核電站經過處理的廢水。

＊criticize：（v.）批評
＊ban：（v.）禁止
＊cast：（v.）投擲；表達
＊assessment：（n.）評估
＊pose：（v.）造成
＊protest：（n.）抗議
＊crippled：（adj.）癱瘓的

The discharge operation is remotely controlled from a centralized monitoring room inside the power plant. The wastewater is diluted with seawater, directed to the drainage area and piped through a 1-kilometer-long underwater tunnel to be released into the ocean. "The released water contains negligible amounts of radioactive tritium. Since the Pacific Ocean contains 8,400 grams of pure tritium, the minuscule amount of extra radiation about the 0.06 grams of tritium from the released water of Japan every year won't make the tiniest jot of difference", said Nigel Marks, a physics professor at Australia's Curtin University.

該排放作業於廠內的集中監控室遠端操作，以海水稀釋核廢水之後，再將其導流至排水豎井內，經過長約1公里的海底隧道排入大海。澳大利亞科廷大學物理學教授奈傑爾·馬克斯表示，釋放的水含有的放射性氚含量可以忽略不計。因為太平洋含有8400克純氚，日本每年所釋放的0.06克氚極少量額外輻射不會帶來絲毫區別。

＊centralized：（adj.）集中的
＊drainage：（n.）排水；引流
＊negligible：（adj.）微不足道的；可忽略的
＊minuscule：（adj.）微小的；極小的（比tiny更小）
＊tiny：（adj.）些微的
＊jot：（n.）少量

Both Japan authorities and the IAEA say the treated water is safe but those in the seafood sector in eastern Japan have concerns so as the Taiwanese fishers. They think the discharge could have an impact on their livelihoods.

即使日本官方與國際原能署IAEA皆強調核處理水安全無虞，但東日本各地的水產業者及台灣漁民依舊憂心，他們認為此舉將對生計造成負面影響與衝擊。

＊sector：（n.）行業；經濟領域
＊impact：（n.）影響；衝擊