法国核废料爆炸引起核安全关注

One person died and four people were injured in an explosion at a nuclear waste treatment site in France. The incident occurred as the United Nations nuclear agency begins a week-long meeting on nuclear safety and other major issues, including Iran's nuclear activities.

法国一个核废料处理场发生一起爆炸，导致一人死亡，四人受伤。这起事件的发生，正值联合国核能机构举行为期一周研讨核能安全以及其它重要问题，包括伊朗核项目之际。

French authorities describe the explosion at the nuclear treatment facility as an industrial accident and say no radioactive leaks have been detected. The incident comes amid heightened concern about the safety of nuclear energy following the meltdown earlier this year at Japan's Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant. But French officials note there is no nuclear reactor at the site in southern France, where the explosion took place.

法国官方形容这次在核处理中心发生的爆炸是一项工业意外事件；并且说，没有侦测出辐射外泄。这起事件的发生，正值日本福岛第一核电厂，今年较早时期发生核反应堆融化，引起国际间对核能安全问题的高度关切之际。但是法国官员指出，这次在法国南部发生爆炸的现场，并没有核反应堆。

Nuclear safety also is on the agenda of a week-long board meeting at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. IAEA chief Yukio Amano gave an update on the Fukushima disaster as he opened the meeting on Monday.

总部在维也纳的国际原子能机构星期一起举行为期一周的理事会议，也将核能安全问题列在议程中。原子能机构总干事天野之弥星期一在会议开始时，就福岛核灾难一事，提出了最新的进展报告。

"The agency's assessment now is that the reactors are essentially stable. And the expectation is that the cold shutdown of all the reactors will be achieved as planned," said Amano.

天野之弥说：“本机构目前的评估是，福岛核电厂的核反应器大致稳定。我们预期，所有反应堆的冷却关闭，将按照计划完成。”

The IAEA's 35-member board is expected to approve steps to boost global nuclear safety standards during this week's meeting, although some diplomats reportedly fear the proposed regulations may be watered down. The European Union also has ordered so-called stress tests for all the region's nuclear reactors.

拥有35名成员的国际原子能机构理事会，将于本周会议中，核准提升全球核安全的标准，尽管有些国家代表认为，这项建议中的规则，到时可能被淡化。欧盟也规定了为欧洲地区所有的反应堆，作所谓的压力测验。