VII. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на определения, выраженные причастием I и причастием II.

1. A NPP is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors generating nuclear power.

2. Nuclear power plants are classified according to the type of reactor used.

3. Nuclear fusion offers the possibility of the release of very large amounts of energy with a minimal production of radioactive waste and improved safety.

4. There remain some obstacles to the generation of commercial electric power using nuclear fusion.

5. The quantity of waste produced is small.

6. The numerous safety systems required significantly increase running costs.

7. Disposal of spent fuel and other nuclear waste is an advantage of nuclear power.

VIII. Переведите следующие предложения со словами-заместителями на русский язык. Помните, что слово-заместитель that (those) заменяет ранее стоящее существительное и переводится тем существительным, которое оно замещает, или опускается:

The atomic weight of oxygen is greater than that of carbon. – Атомный вес водорода больше (атомного веса) углерода.

Слово-заместитель ранее стоящего существительного this (these) переводится личным местоимением в именительном или косвенном падеже:

This phenomenon is also of great interest; this involves the increase of… - это явление также представляет большой интерес; с ним связано увеличение…

1. Some installations have several independent units, and these may use different classes of reactors.

2. Nuclear waste is small in quantity compared to that generated by competing technologies.

3. The electron temperature is much greater than that of the gas as a whole.

4. Suppose that the total volume of the gas is k times that of the molecule.

5. There are two methods of measuring the conductivity of semiconductors. The first of these, which is used more commonly, has a number of advantages.

6. Two other very suitable temperatures are always generally available, those of melting ice and of boiling water.

IX. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод страдательного залога. Укажите время глаголов в страдательном залоге.

1. Electricity was generated to the first time by a nuclear reactor on December 20, 1951.

2. … no prototype had been proposed or built to generate electric power by this means, although some laboratory demonstrations had been conducted.

3. Because most fast reactors have historically been used for plutonium production, they are associated with nuclear proliferation concerns.

4. More than twenty prototype fast reactors have been built all over the world.

5. Almost all the advantages and disadvantages are disputed in some degree by the advocates for and against nuclear power.

X. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на значение модальных глаголов.

1. Boiling water reactors can come down to half power at night.

2. Some of the plant-types below in the future may have passively safe features.

3. Fission power reactors may be further divided into three classes.

4. Fast reactors have the advantages that their fuel cycle can use all of the uranium in natural form.

5. Future designs may be small and modular.

6. Consequences of an accident might be disastrous.

7. The environment cannot be adequately protected from the risk of future leakages from long-term storage.