Highly Radioactive Water Leak Found at Fukushima

　　The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is reporting around 300 tonnes of highly contaminated water has leaked from a storage tank.

 

　　Masayuki Ono is the general manager of the Tokyo Electric Power Company.

 

　　He says the puddle¹ that has formed near the tank is highly radio-active.

 

　　"It can be said that we found a radiation level strong enough to give someone a five-year dose of radiation within one hour."

 

　　TEPCO also admits the leak, which hasn't been stopped, could be flowing fast enough to fill an Olympic swimming pool in a week's time.

 

　　TEPCO, after months of denials, has finally admitted that contaminated water is reaching the ocean from its shattered facility.

 

　　The company is still struggling to figure out how to keep the crippled nuclear plant from doing more damage, despite the earthquake and tsunami² hitting the plant 2.5-years ago.

1 puddle   

n.(雨)水坑，泥潭

参考例句：

• The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.这个男孩跳过泥坑，沿着人行道跑了。
• She tripped over and landed in a puddle.她绊了一下，跌在水坑里。

2 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。