PARAPHRASING
2. As you paraphrase the following paragraph, present the “expected” general features of the nuclear reactors from Declan Butler’s “Nuclear power’s new dawn,” taken from Nature, 20 May, 2004 (Vol. 429, p. 238).
“These new reactors would all operate at high temperatures, improving their efficiency. And they would include simplified safety features that do not rely on sophisticated backup systems or experienced operators — all are, in principle, ‘meltdown proof’ and can cool themselves down in the event of an accident with minimal, if any, human intervention. . . . Experts agree that reactors will need to be a lot cheaper to run. And to sway a nuclear-averse public, the next generation of reactors will need to produce much less radioactive waste at terrorist-proof facilities.”
D. Butler (2004), states that the new reactors would improve their efficiency by functioning at high temperature. The simplified safety features were included and they were independent to the complicated and high-tech operation systems. They would lower the temperature automatically if any accidents happen and required little human operation. Nuclear proficient thought that the future reactors should be made more cheaply and user friendly.
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