In a boiling waterreactor like those at Fukushima, the same water that cools the reactor core also boils and drives the turbine to generate power.
在像福岛核电厂的沸水反应堆中,冷却反应堆芯的水还拿来煮沸,以此推动涡轮机旋转从而产生电量。
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The sea water appears to have been brought in as a substitute for the regular water used as coolant for the uranium fuel rods at the heart of the reactor.
海水是作为普通水的替代品而引入的,普通水是反应堆核心铀燃料棒的冷却剂。
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This greatly increased the amount of water available to soak up the heat, and should have made sure that the reactor was fully covered by water and thus not hot enough to damage itself any further.