"Fukushima, tre mesi per fermare la radioattività. Nove per la messa in sicurezza.
E' imprevedibile, però, la durata delle operazioni di smantellamento della centrale così come il tempo che sarà necessario per bonificare la zona contaminata attorno alla centrale e quella costiera."
1:なぜ Plant ? というところ。 通例、フランス語やイタリア語では、英語の center にあたる centrale 「さんとらーる」(fr.)、「ちぇんとぅらーれ」(it.)と言いますが、英語は Plant 。 「植えられた」という動詞の転用のようです。 「Most extended usages are from the verbal sense. Sense of a building "planted" or begun for an industrial process is first attested 1789.」 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=plant&searchmode=none
2:廃炉。 「廃炉」Nuclear decommissioning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_decommissioning 「Nuclear decommissioning is the dismantling of a nuclear power plant and decontamination of the site to a state no longer requiring protection from radiation for the general public. The main difference from the dismantling of other power plants is the presence of radioactive material that requires special precautions.」
(フランス語のwikipediaによれば、Démantèlement nucléaireのなかに放射能を取り除く段階が「第二段階」として含まれているようです。 "Niveau II : démantèlement partiel : destruction de tous les bâtiments en dehors du bâtiment abritant le réacteur, cela comprend : la décontamination et destruction de tous les bâtiments en dehors du bâtiment abritant le réacteur nucléaire,")
dismantleは、中世フランス語源。 1570s, from M.Fr. desmanteler "to tear down the walls of a fortress," lit. "strip of a cloak," from des- "off, away" (see dis-) + manteler "to cloak" (see mantle). Related: Dismantled; dismantling.
mantle は cloak 「外套」の意のラテン語源。 「O.E. mentel "loose, sleeveless cloak," from L. mantellum "cloak," perhaps from a Celtic source. Reinforced and altered 12c. by O.Fr. mantel (Fr. manteau), from the L. source. Allusive use for "symbol of literary authority or artistic pre-eminence" is from Elijah's mantle [2 Kings ii.13]. As a layer of the earth between the crust and core (though not originally distinguished from the core) it is attested from 1940. The verb meaning "to wrap as in a mantle" is attested from mid-15c.」 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=mantle
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U2 に How to dismantle an atomic bomb 「原子爆弾の解体方法」というタイトルのアルバムがあります。余談。