During the 2011 disaster, they repeatedly minimized the risks, withheld crucial information on threats to public safety and even resisted using the term " core meltdown" , even though that is what occurred.

在2011年的灾难中，他们反复淡化了风险，对危害公共安全的重要信息置之不理，甚至拒绝使用“堆芯熔毁”的术语，尽管事实上正是发生了这种情况。

Hit by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011, the plant suffered core meltdowns that released radiation, resulting in a level-7 nuclear accident, the highest on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale.

2011 年 3 月 11 日，在 9.0 级地震和海啸的袭击下，福岛第一核电厂发生堆芯熔毁，放射性物质外泄，该事故被定为核事故最高分级 7 级。