(单词翻译:单击)
What's the best way to dispose of nuclear waste?
处理核废料的最佳办法是什么?
And is it true that scientists have considered sending it into space?
科学家们真的曾动过将这些废料送往太空的念头吗?
Good question.
问的好 。
To answer the second part first-yes,sending nuclear waste into space has come up.
为了回答,首先下半句的确属实,的确曾想到过向太空发射核废料 。
But if a rocket or space shuttle carrying nuclear waste exploded, the radioactive material would spread far and wide.
但如果运送核废料火箭或航天飞机发生爆炸,那放射性物质会到处传播 。
So it's too dangerous.
这样未免太过危险 。
There have been a few other interesting ideas-such as burying nuclear waste beneath the ocean floor.
而还有一些其他有趣的想法,比如将核废料埋在海底深处 。
Scientists have also thought about putting waste in really deep holes, burying it in polar ice sheets, and stashing it beneath uninhabited islands.
科学家也想过把垃圾埋在深深的洞穴中及极地冰盖中,并且想过送往无人居住的岛屿 。