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。

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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。

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And then there are some really nasty forms of industrial waste, such as spent nuclear fuel, for which no universally accepted disposal methods have thus far been developed.

另外，还有一些非常危险的工业垃圾，比如废弃的核燃料，到目前为止，人们还没有研究出通行的处理办法。

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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.

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Rokkasho has been seen as a facility that will allow Tokyo to reduce radioactive wastes from its nuclear power plants by reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.

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Iran has successfully enlisted Russia in yet-another time-buying feint, a just-announced "basic agreement" whereby Moscow and Tehran will reportedly jointly manage the latter's spent nuclear fuel .

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And then there are some really nasty forms of industrial waste, such as spent nuclear fuel, for which no universally accepted disposal methods have thus far been developed.

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