2016年CRI More Effective Steps on Nuclear Security to be Taken in China

 

This week's meetings in the US capital are due to focus on a number of areas.

They include not only the safe use, storage and transportation of nuclear raw materials, but also how to prevent attacks against nuclear facilities.

Li Sen with the State Nuclear Security Technology Center says these are areas Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders are going to touch on at this week's Nuclear Security Summit.

"During the summit, participating countries are expected to reach a consensus¹ on strengthening nuclear security, as well as better each other's responsibilities. The summit is also expected to focus on constructing an international legal framework on nuclear security, as well as helping² all nations improve their nuclear security capabilities³. This is something which will require international cooperation."

The theft and trafficking of nuclear materials to terror groups remains⁴ a major concern, particularly from countries where there may be difficulties in securing nuclear materials.

In this regard, China has been active in taking steps to reduce the threat of nuclear materials getting into the wrong hands.

Professor Shen Dingli with Fudan University in Shanghai is an expert in nuclear affairs, and is trained nuclear physicist⁵.

He notes that on top of Chinese nuclear experts recently helping Ghana convert its research reactor⁶ from highly-enriched to low-enriched uranium, the largest nuclear security center in the Asia-Pacific –Center of Excellence⁷ on Nuclear Security a joint⁸ project between China and the US - recently opened in Beijing.

"China is responsible for the personnel, site construction, operations and management while the United States is responsible for the advanced technologies and facilities themselves. It is a big center, which will provide nuclear-security education and training not only for China, but also for other countries, especially those in the Asian-Pacific region, so that they will be more capable of defending themselves against terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities and theft of nuclear materials."

The Center is operated by the State Nuclear Security Technology Center.

Li Sen with the Center says it will also help the country's nuclear power technology go abroad.

"Through China's "Belt and Road Initiative," we are exporting nuclear technology projects. But we are also willing to export our nuclear security technology. We'd like to make sure that not only the nuclear stations built within our country are safely guarded, but those exported will also be equipped by high-level security to prevent theft. We're ensuring that workers on those sites are properly trained."

Around 50 different countries are going to be represented at this year's Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, which runs through Friday.

For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin.

1 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 physicist   

n.物理学家，研究物理学的人

参考例句：

• He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
• The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。

6 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

7 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

8 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。