2014年职称英语考试(理工类)阅读理解（三）
<p> <span word="Experts">Experts</span> <span word="Call">Call</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Local">Local</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Regional">Regional</span> <span word="Control">Control</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sites">Sites</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Radioactive">Radioactive</span> <span word="Waste">Waste</span></p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="withdrawal">withdrawal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nevadas">Nevadas</span> <span word="Yucca">Yucca</span> <span word="Mountain">Mountain</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="potential">potential</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="repository">repository</span>1 <span word="has">has</span> <span word="reopened">reopened</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="debate">debate</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dispose">dispose</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="level">level</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="article">article</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="July">July</span> 10 <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Science">Science</span>, <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Michigan">Michigan</span>2 <span word="geologist">geologist</span> <span word="Rodney">Rodney</span> <span word="Ewing">Ewing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Princeton">Princeton</span> <span word="University">University</span>3 <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="physicist">physicist</span> <span word="Frank">Frank</span> <span word="von">von</span> <span word="Hippel">Hippel</span> <span word="argue">argue</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="although">although</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="standards">standards</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="licenses">licenses</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="approval">approval</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="facilities">facilities</span>, <span word="local">local</span> <span word="communities">communities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="approval">approval</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="siting">siting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="facilities">facilities</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="propose">propose</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="multiple">multiple</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="reactors">reactors</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="located">located</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="goal">goal</span>, <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Unied">Unied</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="multiple">multiple</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="requires">requires</span> <span word="acceptance">acceptance</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="host">host</span> <span word="communities">communities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="states">states</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="write">write</span>.</p><p> <span word="Ewing">Ewing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="yon">yon</span> <span word="Hippel">Hippel</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="analyze">analyze</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="Yucca">Yucca</span> <span word="Mountain">Mountain</span>, <span word="selected">selected</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span>4 <span word="in">in</span> 1987 <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="investigated">investigated</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="disposal">disposal</span>, <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="shelved">shelved</span>5 <span word="after">after</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="controversial">controversial</span> <span word="debate">debate</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="geological">geological</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>, <span word="management">management</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>, <span word="important">important</span> <span word="changes">changes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Environmental">Environmental</span> <span word="Protection">Protection</span> <span word="Agencys">Agencys</span> <span word="standard">standard</span>, <span word="unreliable">unreliable</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="involve">involve</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="communities">communities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span>-<span word="making">making</span> <span word="process">process</span>.</p><p> <span word="Going">Going</span> <span word="forward">forward</span>, <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="directed">directed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="locating">locating</span> <span word="storage">storage</span> <span word="facilities">facilities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nations">nations</span> <span word="northeastern">northeastern</span>, <span word="southeastern">southeastern</span>, <span word="midwestern">midwestern</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="solutions">solutions</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="suit">suit</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span>. <span word="Transportation">Transportation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="distances">distances</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="concern">concern</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yucca">Yucca</span> <span word="Mountain">Mountain</span> <span word="site">site</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="temporary">temporary</span> <span word="storage">storage</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="geological">geological</span> <span word="disposal">disposal</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="located">located</span> <span word="closer">closer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reactors">reactors</span>.</p>
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