inundation; submersion; flood
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
emergency core cooling system; ECCS
operation; functioning; running
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
core meltdown; meltdown; nuclear reactor core meltdown
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
structure for housing heavy machinery
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
interior; inside; internal
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
now; the present time; just now; another; more
decommissioning (of a nuclear reactor, furnace, incinerator etc.); decommissioned nuclear reactor (or furnace, incinerator, etc.)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
containment vessel (nuclear reactor, etc.); CV
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
fall; drop; descent; coming down
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
last week; the week before
atomic energy; nuclear power
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency; NISA
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)