首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
At a briefing held yesterday to outline plans for an underground repository (贮藏处) for high-activity nuclear waste in the United
At a briefing held yesterday to outline plans for an underground repository (贮藏处) for high-activity nuclear waste in the United
admin
2012-06-20
73
问题
At a briefing held yesterday to outline plans for an underground repository (贮藏处) for high-activity nuclear waste in the United Kingdom, Bruce McKirdy of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said the UK government had learned from past mistakes to be open and transparent with the public. To this end, NDA has released a new report today detailing the amount of nuclear waste that needs to be stored and how they will use a "volunteer system" to select a suitable site.
The last attempt for such a facility in the United Kingdom came to a halt in 1997 when a planning application for construction at Sellafield in Cumbria was refused due to opposition by the local community. "The site selection had been done behind closed doors, as the government was worried about adversely affecting house prices," McKirdy says. "If you choose a site that would be geologically suitable and then impose these plans on a community, projects like this fail." A recent high-profile example of this is the abandoned plans for an underground nuclear waste disposal facility at Yucca Mountain in the United States.
To avoid a similar fate, NDA is currently asking communities to volunteer to host the facility in exchange for a currently undefined benefits package. However, local communities are far from champing at the bit to store the nation’s nuclear waste. Only three neighboring counties have so far expressed interest: Cumbria County Council, Allerdale Borough Council, and Copeland Borough Council. And even then, these communities can easily withdraw their interest at any point before construction begins—in a best-case scenario, NDA hopes this will be in 2025, with the facility potentially ready to accept nuclear waste by 2040.
NDA hopes the report released will help communities make an informed decision about hosting the site. It "highlights what we know now and what we can assume we will need to achieve this mission safely, securely, and effectively," McKirdy says.
"Plan B is to make sure that plan A works," says Alun Ellis of NDA.
What is most communities’ reaction to the government’s policy?
选项
A、They are pushing to get this mission.
B、They are indifferent to this mission.
C、They are interested in this mission.
D、They are reluctant to accept this mission.
答案
D
解析
推理判断题。该句说,尽管如此,当地社区也很少有为了争取利益而急于选择储存国家的核废物的。由此推知,D)“他们不愿接受这一任务”与之符合,故为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/qgf7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Thedoorman.B、MarkChapman.C、Thepolicemen.D、TheBeatles.C事实题:通过浏览选项可知,本题与上题相似,听短文时对于选项提到的人的相关信息要留心并且做好标记。要做出正确的选择,关键句子在于
A、Sheforgottostopatthestore.B、Themanshouldn’teatthefish.C、Thefishissafetoeat.D、Thefoodshouldn’tbereheated
A、Tosave3dollars.B、Tobuyitatonce.C、Toask3dollarsfromtheparent.D、Tosave5dollars.B当“我”的儿子看到T-shirt从8美元降到5美元时,就
TheInternetInNovember2005,thousandsofgovernmentrepresentativesandinformationexpertsmetinTunis,Tunisiatodisc
ShoppinghabitsintheUnitedStateshavechangedgreatlyinthelastquarterofthe20thcentury.【C1】______inthe1900smostAm
ThereisprogresstowardapossibletreatmentforlungdiseasessuchasSARS(severeacuterespiratorysyndrome).Researchersha
ThereisprogresstowardapossibletreatmentforlungdiseasessuchasSARS(severeacuterespiratorysyndrome).Researchersha
A、Theman’smother.B、Theman’smother-in-law.C、Thechild’smother.D、Thewoman’smother-in-law.Bthewoman的妈妈即theman的岳母将要来看
MostAmericansstartschoolattheageoffivewhentheyenter【B1】______Childrendonotreallystudyatthistime.Theyonly【B2】
随机试题
企业及产品在省市、自治区范围内或几个省区范围内创出名牌的谋划与方略是
A.肠粘连松解术或肠扭转复位术B.肠切除吻合术C.短路手术D.肠造口术女性,55岁,腹胀便血3个月,停止排便排气1周,查体消瘦、贫血、腹胀、移动性浊音(+),纤维结肠镜检见乙状结肠环形缩窄肿物
男性,34岁,发热1月伴心悸、气短来急诊。超声心动图示:右室前壁之前、左室后壁之后有2.5~3cm暗区。此患者如下体检记录哪项不恰当
某鞣酸栓剂,每粒含鞣酸0.2g,空白栓重2g,已知鞣酸f=1.6,则每粒鞣酸栓剂所需可可豆脂为
以下关于消毒防腐药作用特点的描述,错误的是()。
《危险化学品安全管理条例》规定,依法设立的危险化学品生产企业,必须向国务院质检部门申请领取危险化学品()。
房地产禁止转让的情形有哪些?
解释技术的含义是运用心理学理论()。
阅读下面材料,回答问题。一天中午,六年级的一批孩子正在操场上打篮球,战况激烈。学生Z和学生C从人群中冲了出来,两人拳脚相加,气势凶猛,我见这阵势,就停在十几米外的地方用冷眼瞅着他俩。大概Z同学也看到了我的神态,就慢慢地停止了他愤怒的咆哮。待他俩过来,
A、communicatewiththereaderB、carryonthebusinessoflifeC、provideaknotandstitchD、presenthisideasattractivelyD正确理解
最新回复
(
0
)