Overall, the nation derives about 15 percent of its electricity from 18 commercial reactors. But dependence on nuclear is far greater in Canada's most populous province.

加拿大国内15%的电力来自于18座商业核反应堆，但其人口密集省份却非常依赖核能。

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There are several types of nuclear fission reactors in Japan, but we're going to focus on the Fukushima Naiishi plant, probably the most hard-hit facility in the country.

日本有几种不同类型的裂变反应堆，但我们将焦点主要集中在发生重大事故的福岛第一核电厂。

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Nuclear reactors work in a similar way to other power plants, but instead of using coal or gas to generate heat, they use nuclear fission reactions.

核反应堆的工作原理和其他的发电站很相似，不过它们并不是使用煤炭或煤气来生成热量，而是利用核裂变反应。

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They had been interested in thorium -- a radioactive element that can fuel nuclear reactors but not be processed into weapons.

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The county council wants more investment in Sellafield, not only in the storage sites but in nuclear reactors and so on.

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But China, with 15 nuclear reactors, 26 in the works and 100 more planned, will increasingly compete for these finite supplies.

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That reactor type is not ideal for producing weapons-grade plutonium, but all reactors produce plutonium that could be used in a nuclear explosion.

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