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。
North Korea threatened earlier this month to resume deriving material useable for weapons from spent nuclear fuel. 本月早些时候,北韩还威胁将恢复从废弃的核燃料中提取制造武器所需的材料。
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。
North Korea says it has resumed reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods to extract plutonium, further raising the diplomatic stakes after it launched a long-range rocket over Japan earlier this month. 朝鲜表示,它已恢复对取自核反应堆的乏燃料棒进行再处理,以提取钚,从而在该国本月早些时候发射一枚飞越日本上空的远程火箭之后,在外交博弈中进一步加大了筹码。
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。