双语新闻：福岛污水泄漏后，科学家研究鱼类

A team of international scientists collected fish samples from an area near Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant Thursday. They are examining the effects of the recent release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

一个国际科学家小组星期四在日本福岛核电站附近地区采集了鱼类样本。他们正在检查最近从核电站排放到海里的经处理的放射性水的影响。

The study by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the first since the water release began in August. Local fishermen criticized the release. It also led China to ban all seafood products from Japan over food safety fears.

国际原子能机构(IAEA)的这项研究是自8月份开始放水以来的第一项研究。当地渔民批评了这次释放。它还导致中国出于食品安全方面的担忧，禁止所有来自日本的海鲜产品。

Scientists from China, South Korea and Canada observed the collection of fish samples at Hisanohama Port, about 50 kilometers south of Fukushima.

来自中国、韩国和加拿大的科学家在福岛以南约50公里的久野滨港观察了鱼类样本的采集。

The samples will be sent to laboratories in each country for independent testing, the U.N. nuclear agency said.

国际原子能机构说，这些样本将被送往各国的实验室进行独立检测。

Paul McGinnity is a research scientist with the IAEA overseeing the study. He said, "The Japanese government has requested that we do this and one of the reasons they want us to do this is to try and strengthen confidence in the data that Japan is producing."

Paul McGinnity是国际原子能机构负责这项研究的研究科学家。他说:“日本政府要求我们这样做，他们希望我们这样做的原因之一是，努力增强人们对日本正在发布的数据的信心。”

More than a million metric tons of water was contaminated by contact with fuel at the nuclear reactor following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

2011年地震和海啸灾难发生后，超过100万吨的水因与核反应堆的燃料接触而受到污染。

Before being released, the water is filtered to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, which is difficult to separate. Plant operator Tepco said the levels of tritium in the water are weakened to below official limits.

在释放之前，水经过过滤以去除同位素，只留下难以分离的氚。核电站运营商东京电力公司说，水中的氚含量已降至官方限值以下。

The IAEA says that tritium is "a naturally occurring radioactive form of hydrogen that is produced in the atmosphere when cosmic rays collide with air molecules."

国际原子能机构表示，氚是“宇宙射线与空气分子碰撞时在大气中产生的一种自然存在的放射性氢形式”。

The agency says tritium cannot enter the body through human skin. It is only harmful if ingested in a very large amount.

该机构表示，氚不能通过人体皮肤进入人体。它只有在大量摄入时才有害。