Like the Jolly Roger, which wouldn't work for the radioactive threat at the WIPP.
就像 Jolly Roger 一样, 它对 WIPP 的放射性威胁不起作用。
设计背后的故事
In the 1990s, he was invited to work on the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, or WIPP.
在 1990 年代, 他受邀参与废物隔离试点项目 (WIPP)。
VOA慢速英语_美国
The government approved plans to set up a processing center, known as the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, in the New Mexico desert.
美国政府批准了在新墨西哥沙漠建立一个处理中心的计划,该中心被称为废料隔离试验工厂。
设计背后的故事
The WIPP is a massive storage site for radioactive waste in the southeastern plains of New Mexico, organized by the US Department of Energy.
WIPP 是位于新墨西哥州东南部平原的一个大型放射性废物储存场,由美国能源部组织。
VOA慢速英语_美国
He told the Associated Press that the goal of WIPP is to prevent radioactive waste from reaching " people and the things people need in order to live life on Earth" .
He notes that WIPP is " 80 percent through its lifetime, and it has disposed of less than 40 percent of the waste and has cost more than twice as much as it was supposed to" .