
美国监管机构向一项对唐纳德·特朗普复兴核能行业努力至关重要的核项目发出警告,此前一名承包商掉入反应堆腔体,一束燃料棒在换料期间几乎倾覆。
US regulators have issued a warning to a nuclear project critical to Donald Trump’s efforts to revive the industry, after a contractor fell into a reactor cavity and a bundle of fuel rods nearly tipped over during refuelling.
美国核管理委员会要求霍尔特克国际公司解决“寒气逼人的工作环境”,该公司正竭力重启密歇根州帕利塞兹核电站的一座关闭反应堆,这种环境让员工担心报复而不敢提出安全问题。
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Holtec International, a company racing to reopen a shuttered reactor at the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan, to address a “chilled work environment” that has made staff hesitant to raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation.
这一警告引发批评者的担忧,即为振兴核能以应对由人工智能驱动的能源需求激增而施加的财务和政治压力,正在增加事故风险。
The warning has prompted concerns among critics that financial and political pressures to revitalise nuclear power as an answer to booming AI-driven energy demand are increasing risks of accidents.