home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Written by GEARS !!
-
- TRANSLATION OF THINGS SAID BY BOSSES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- OF NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Following several "mistakes" by nuclear power-stations and
- re-processing plants, I have compiled this translation of some favourite
- excuses used by the bosses or spokesmen.
-
- OFFICIAL STATEMENT
- ------------------
- There has been a small fragmentation in one of the cooling pipes, it is
- not serious.
-
- REAL MEANING
- ------------
- There is a bloody great hole in the cooling pipe ! Without the coolant
- this place is likely to melt-down any minute !!!
-
- OFFICIAL STATEMENT
- ------------------
- There was a malfunction with the main reactor, but the system was
- shut-down before any radiation could escape.
-
- REAL MEANING
- ------------
- The chewing gum fell off the big round thing, and some yellow stuff
- dribbled out. We pulled the plug out and put some new chewing gum back
- in the hole.
-
-
- OFFICIAL STATEMENT
- ------------------
- A certain amount of radiation was detected, but it was below official
- safety limits.
-
- REAL MEANING
- ------------
- That 900 metre-high mushroom is completely normal, and I'm sure that
- the man with two heads had nothing to do with that massive radiation
- leak. AAAGGHH!! LOOK ! SOME PINK ELEPHANTS !!!
-
-
- OFFICIAL STATEMENT
- ------------------
- The reactor was starting to over-heat, so we had to temporarily
- evacuate the area. Nobody was in any real danger, it was just a
- precaution.
-
- REAL MEANING
- ------------
- John said that loads of lights were flashing and that some yellow
- smoke was beginning to come from the cardboard-boxes where we keep
- the plutonium. We started to think that something was wrong when the
- crack in the reactor widened. The fire in the control-room got worse
- so we decided to sit in the toilets and panic. It was about then when
- radioactive waste started to come out of the drain-pipes..... we
- decided to get the hell outta there !
-
-
- OFFICIAL STATEMENT
- ------------------
- There was a small problem, but we have fixed it. May I take this
- opportunity to remind you how safe, clean and economical nuclear
- power is. With re-processing it is, and will be the power of the
- future.
-
- REAL MEANING
- ------------
- After that explosion, a few people got some funny diseases, so we
- sacked them quick. By the way, re-processing is supposed to be
- clean, but it produces waste that will stay radioactive until the
- end of time. When we shut the plant in about 30 years we'll cover
- it in some nice concrete and forget about it. Hopefully it will
- go away if I put my hands over my ears and close my eyes.
-
- And now, a few short translations for individual phrases :
-
-
- STATEMENT
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Minor technical problem.
-
- REALITY
- ~~~~~~~
- Massive explosion.
-
-
-
- STATEMENT
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Small radiation leak.
-
- REALITY
- ~~~~~~~
- Huge cloud of radioactive matter.
-
-
-
- STATEMENT
- ~~~~~~~~~
- We are going to de-commission this re-processing plant.
-
- REALITY
- ~~~~~~~
- We're going to bury it in concrete and hope that it will be
- forgotten.
-
-
-
- STATEMENT
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Our safety record is very good.
-
- REALITY
- ~~~~~~~
- Only 17 were injured yesterday.
-
-
-
- STATEMENT
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Re-processing is very safe.
-
- REALITY
- ~~~~~~~
- Bollocks.
-
-
- Well, there we go.... I can't think of any more !
-
-
- Gears 94
-