A nuclear meltdown may yet lead to a financial one.

核危机很可能引发金融危机。

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First up, water is the key ingredient in efforts to avoid a nuclear meltdown at a power plant in Japan.

首先，水是日本避免核电站危机的关键因素。

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Cesium-137, with a half-life of 30 years, is another dangerous substance emitted in a full-scale nuclear meltdown.

核反应堆完全熔解后，会释放出另一种危险物质铯- 137。铯- 137的半衰期为30年。

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The country suffered its own collossal nuclear meltdown with Chernobyl in April of 1986.

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Unlike earthquakes and tsunamis that have measurable, if enormous, damage, the implications of a nuclear meltdown are less clear.

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Sea water is being pumped into the reactors by special high pressure fire extinguisher hoses to prevent a nuclear meltdown.

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