pyongyang threatened earlier this month to resume reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel into material useable in weapons.
平壤本月早些时候威胁说,要恢复将核废料处理成可用于武器的材料。
with the development of nuclear energy, the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel has aroused more and wide attention.
随着核电事业的发展,动力堆乏燃料后处理引起了人们的广泛关注。
goshi hosono, nuclear crisis minister, said, 「removal of spent nuclear fuel from a seriously damaged nuclear reactor building is a challenge that no one in the world has faced before.」
核问题担当大臣细野豪志表示:“从一栋遭严重破坏的核反应堆大楼移走废弃的核燃料是一个之前世界上无人遇到过的挑战。
the los angeles times had reported that photos taken by a global hawk drone suggested a 「major breach」 in the walls of the spent nuclear fuel pool was causing water to continually leak out.
洛杉矶时报报道称全球鹰得到的侦察照片中显示反应堆燃料池的保护壁上有一个明显的缺口,导致反应堆中的水不断流失。
indeed, ninety-five percent of a spent nuclear fuel rod is natural uranium, and so it can be put right back in the ground, just as it was found.
实际上,一个用尽的核燃料棒中95%的是天然铀,因此我们可以把它重新埋入地下,就像刚发现那样。
reactor 4 had been shut down before the quake for maintenance, but its spent nuclear fuel rods are still stored on the site.
反应堆已被关闭4日之前将维持地震,但它的核废燃料棒仍然在网站上存储。
the yongbyon facilities include a5mw graphite-moderated reactor and a plant used to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from this reactor including the extraction from it of weapons-grade plutonium.
宁边的核设施包括5兆瓦的石墨慢化反应堆以及后处理厂在内的一些已用乏燃料(过的核燃料后处理)处理设施,还有为了研发核武器而进行钚提取的设备。
japanese officials say fire was discovered in a storage pond used for spent nuclear fuel rods in the reactor no. 4 building on tuesday, march 15.
周二,日本方面说,在4号反应堆的所在楼栋里,堆放废弃核燃料的地方发生了火灾。
for now, removal of the spent nuclear fuel is one of the main challenges that both tokyo electric power company and the government will be focusing on.
目前,移走废弃的核燃料是东京电力公司和日本政府将面临的主要挑战之一,也是工作的重点。
the rationale of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is inevitably being questioned.
对核废料进行再加工的理由不可避免地受到了质疑。
both sides are expressing concern over north korean statements on friday that pyongyang is continuing to extract plutonium from spent nuclear fuel for material useable in weapons.
双方对北韩星期五的声明一致表示了关注。平壤表示,正在继续从废核燃料中提取可以用在武器上的金属钸。
the withdrawal of nevada's yucca mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste.
撤消内华达州尤卡山作为一个潜在的核废物处置库重新开启了关于怎么和往哪里处理乏核燃料和高放核废物的讨论。
units 4, 5, and 6 were not operating at the time of the earthquake, but experts are now worried about storage pools of spent nuclear fuel rods heating up.
地震发生时4号、5号和6号反应堆已停堆,但是专家担心乏燃料棒贮存池持续升温会再度提高辐射外泄风险。