Explosives destroyed thousands of centrifuges, which are used to enrich uranium, a nuclear fuel.

爆炸摧毁了数千台用于铀浓缩(一种核)的离心机。

The bigger star, though, goes through its nuclear fuel rapidly, and becomes a red giant.

然而，较大的恒星则迅速耗尽其核，成为一颗红巨星。

There's been an explosion and fire at Iran's main nuclear fuel production site.

伊朗主要核生产基地发生爆炸和火灾。

Tepco said it is removing seven unspent nuclear fuel rods from the reactor's pool.

Tepco表示其正在从反应堆中取出7根未使用过的核。

But it is unclear whether it also wants to enrich uranium to produce nuclear fuel.

但是目前尚不清楚该国是否有意以浓缩铀来生产核。

Three family groups shared a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, the scientists found.

学家们发现，三个家族群体共用一个乏储存设施。

In 1977, the president slapped a ban on the commercial reprocessing of nuclear fuel.

【slap】1977，总统突然颁布禁令，禁止核的商用再处理。

The sun dims as it exhausts its last bits of nuclear fuel.

太阳快要耗尽时会变暗。

Scientists were sent into the ruins to search for nuclear fuel that could cause another explosion.

学家们被派往废墟中寻找可能导致再次爆炸的核。

But stars like our sun swell into bloated red giants when the nuclear fuel in their cores is depleted.

但是，像太阳这样的恒星，核心的核耗尽时，就会发生膨胀，成为胀大的红巨星。

So if you're choosing between nuclear and fossil fuels purely on a safety basis, there's no comparison.

所以，如果你纯粹出于安全考虑在核能和化石间做出选择，那它们是没有可比性的。

Although they're protecting something incredibly dangerous, spent nuclear fuel pools are quite serene and kind of boring.

尽管乏冷却水池中保护着一些极为危险的东西，但水池中却十分平静，甚至还有一点无聊。

Founders Fund, the VC firm launched by billionaire investor Peter Thiel, is backing a nuclear fuel start-up.

由亿万富翁投资者彼得·蒂尔创办的风险投资公司 Founders Fund 正在支持一家核初创公司。

The Finnish government approved construction of the deep-underground repository in 2015, to safely dispose of spent nuclear fuel.

芬兰政府于2015批准建造深地下储存库，以安全处理乏。

And here's what would happen if you fell into a pool full of nuclear fuel rods.

我们来看看，如果你掉进一个有核的水池中会发生什么。

This is a spent nuclear fuel pool.

这是一个乏冷却水池。

Since Mars doesn't have easily accessible radioactive elements, the nuclear fuel needs to come from Earth along with the reactor.

由于火星没有易获得的放射性元素，核和反应堆均需要来自地球。

A white dwarf is formed when the star burns off all its central nuclear fuel and loses its outer layers.

当恒星烧掉其中心的所有核并失去外层时，就会形成白矮星。

Spent nuclear fuel pools are constantly cycling out water in order to keep it at a cool enough temperature.

乏冷却水池中的水会不断循环，以此来使水温保持在较低水平。

Although that sounds like fun, it wouldn't happen if you were to fall into a spent nuclear fuel pool.

上述情形尽管听起来有趣，但当你真掉进了乏池中，这些并不会发生。