america is the world’s largest producer of nuclear energy, but has not approved a single new plant since a scary (but non-lethal) nuclear accident at three mile island in 1979.

美国虽然是世界上最大的核能源生产国，但是自1979年骇人（但非致死）的三里岛核泄漏事故以来，还没有批準任何建造任何一座新核电站。

retired colonel oran henderson, the head of pennsylvania「s emergency management agency, informed thornburgh of the incident at three mile island on the morning of march 28, 1979.

宾夕法尼亚州应急事务处理局长官奥兰?亨德森，一位退役上校，在1979年3月28日清晨通知了索恩伯勒有关三里岛事故的情况。

the three mile island nuclear disaster, the medieval origins of primogeniture and evolutionary biology are all enlisted to shed light on different aspects of financial risk.

之后三里岛核事故，中世纪长子继承权的起源和生物进化理论都被用来清楚明白地阐明金融风险的不同方面。

when and where will be the next three mile island near-tragedy or the chernobyl actual one?

三哩岛险些酿成悲剧，切尔诺贝利则是噩梦成真。下一次险情会出现在何时何地？

sternglass had expressed concern that any radiation released from three mile island would pose a threat to unborn babies and infants.

斯特恩格拉斯对三哩岛释放出的辐射可能会威胁未出生婴儿和幼儿表示担忧。

the widely reported and oft-satirized partial meltdown at the three mile island nuclear power plant near harrisburg, pennsylvania caused many to re-evaluate their image of nuclear power.

发生过被广泛报道和再三讽刺灾难的三里岛坐落在宾夕法尼亚州首府哈里斯堡不远的地方，它也常引得许多人们对核电站的图像进行了重新评估。

as lieutenant governor of pennsylvania during the three mile island crisis, william scranton iii observed and experienced much of that pervasive fear.

作为宾州副州长，威廉·斯克兰顿在三里岛事件中目睹经历了太多这样的恐慌。

at three mile island there were no injuries and only minor amounts of radiation released into the atmosphere.

三里岛事件没有出现人员伤亡，仅有少量的放射物泄漏到空气中。

south korea was a relative latecomer to nuclear power—starting up its program only one year before the three mile island accident.

韩国算是核能利用的新手国度，它在三里岛事故发生一年后才开始了核能利用计划。

as a researcher -- but also as a mother and grandmother -- i want to share some important lessons i learned from three mile island and chernobyl.

作为一个研究者——同样也是母亲和外祖母——我想要跟大家分享一些我从三里岛和切尔诺贝利事故当中学到的经验。

exelon the biggest nuclear power operator in the united states, did not own three mile island at the time.

当时三哩岛核设施在还不属于美国最大的核能运营商-爱克森（exelon）所有。

one did at three mile island in pennsylvania in 1979.

1979年，宾夕法尼亚州三里岛有一座反应堆失控；

perhaps it」s because she was born after three mile island (and wasn「t old enough to watch the news during chernobyl), but the lantern doesn」t find herself particularly freaked out by atomic energy.

可能是因为出生在「三里岛」事件以后，许多年轻一代的环保人士并不觉得核能源可怕。

at the same time, health researchers have not tied any u.s. deaths to 1979's three mile island accident.

与此同时，健康调查人员并未发现1979的三哩岛事故造成任何的死亡。

「if you set aside three mile island and chernobyl, the safety record of nuclear is really very good」.

如果你除开三迈岛和切尔诺贝利，核（能利用）的安全记录还是不错的。

the damaged reactor at three mile island was not the first president jimmy carter had viewed up close.

三里岛的受损反应堆并不是卡特总统近距离接触的第一个受损核反应堆。

accidents tend to happen late in the night or in the early morning -- as it did with the three mile island disaster in 1979 and the chernobyl disaster in 1986.

工作中的意外总是发生在深夜或者凌晨，比如1979年发生的三英里岛核灾难和1986年发生在乌克兰的切尔诺贝利核事故。

decades ago, after the chernobyl and three mile island accidents, mr. acton said, the nuclear industry tried to argue that newer reactors incorporated much better safety features.

数十年以前，在切尔诺贝利和三英里岛事故之后，核工业设法证明新的反应堆包含了更好的安全特性。

what about three mile island and chernobyl?

为什么不想想三里岛和切尔诺贝利呢？