危机发生之前，日本是世界第三大核能生产国，核能占全国电力供应的近30%。

Prior to the crisis, Japan was the world's third-largest generator of nuclear electricity, with nuclear power producing nearly 30 percent of the country's electricity supply.

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德国是世界第六大核能生产国，该国于昨天中止了一项协议，协议原定延期关闭该国老化的核电站。

Germany, which yesterday suspended a deal to delay closing its ageing nuclear plants, is the world's sixth-largest producer.

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不过，核能发电不会排放碳，因而是生产这种最重要日用品的清洁而有效的方法。

However, because nuclear power generation does not emit carbon, it is a clean and efficient way of producing the most important commodity around.

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