The best part is that the process can power itself—plutonium releases energy as it destroyed by fission, and that energy can power the burner.

最棒的是这一过程能够自我供能——钚被裂变破坏时释放能量，这一能量可以供给燃烧炉。

What about plutonium in the drinking water?

钚会不会存在于饮用水里呢？

It needs a ban on tests and on making uranium and plutonium for bombs.

还需要禁止测验和制造铀和钚用于核弹。

He was to stop making plutonium as well as suspected work on uranium.

他被要求不再生产钚和铀。

Not fission, whereby uranium and plutonium breaks up in pieces, but fusion.

不是裂变，靠那个铀和钚，变成碎片，而是聚变。

Some of these tests involve smashing or shooting at small shards of plutonium.

这些试验中的一些试验包括了粉碎或射击钚元素的小碎片。

So the other five persuaded themselves that the plutonium count would do for now.

因此其它五方说服自己现在搞清楚钚的数量就可以了。

It threatens to rebuild Yongbyon and start making weapons-grade plutonium again.

它威胁说要重建宁边核设施并重新开始制造武器级别的钋。

Mixed oxide fuel rods are partly made of plutonium. These fuel rods are partly exposed.

混合氧化物燃料棒含钚，这些燃料棒已经部分暴露。

But a more dangerous material, plutonium, has also been found in soil near the power plant.

但在福岛核电站附近土壤中发现了一种更加危险的物质——钚。

Alchemy, or transmutation, has placed new elements on the periodic table, including plutonium.

炼金术，或嬗变，已经在元素周期表中增加了新元素，包括钚。

This will eventually allow India to extract plutonium from spent reactor fuel of American origin.

这就终将会允许印度从美国已经用尽的燃料中提取出钚。

Mixed oxide (MOX) fuel rods, partly composed of especially toxic plutonium are partially exposed.

含有特别具有毒性的钸成分的混合氧化物燃料棒部分曝露。

Japan has had similar discrepancies at a plant that blends plutonium with uranium to make mixed-oxide fuel.

日本通过混合钚和铀以制造混合氧化燃料的设施中也已存在类似的问题。

It, too, is a relatively minor threat: Plutonium is a heavy element that does not dissolve easily in water.

这也是一个不大的威胁：钚是一种重元素并且不易被水溶解。

It remains unclear what is happening with the Number-3 reactor, which is fueled by a mix of uranium and plutonium.

现在还不清楚3号反应堆发生了什么情况，3号反应堆的燃料是混合的铀和钚。

"Reprocessing of spent fuel rods is at its final phase and extracted plutonium is being weaponised, " it said.

据信中透露：“乏燃料棒再处理已经进入了最后阶段，与此同时镮的武器化也正在进行。”

Accounting has since improved, and the country is now thought to have around 145 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium.

会计方面已经得到改善，国家目前大概有核武原料的145公吨的钚。

New types of reactors were designed, including the Fast Breeder reactor powered by plutonium and cooled by liquid sodium.

新型的反应堆被设计出来，包括由钚提供能量，液态钠参与冷却的快中子增殖反应堆。

This mixture of plutonium and other radioactive elements couldthen be turned into fuel suitable for use in “fast” reactors.

钚和其它的放射性元素的混合物可以转变成适宜“快”反应堆使用的燃料。

There was more bad news from the Fukushima plant today, as scientists confirmed they had found Plutonium in nearby soil.

今天从福岛核电站传出了更多坏消息，科学家确认他们在附近的土壤中检测出了放射性钚元素。

In a major and welcomed development, Russia announced that it will close its last weapons-grade plutonium production reactor.

一项重大、颇受欢迎的进展是俄罗斯宣布将关闭最后一座武器级钚生产反应堆。

Much of this remains dangerous for thousands of years, and a proportion of it can be used to produce weapons-grade plutonium.

废弃物的放射性危险会延续数千年，而且部分还可以用来生产武器级放射性元素钚。