At present, says Dr Demkowicz, reactors burn only around 1% of their fuel, so even a modest increase in fuel burn would leave less radioactive waste.

Demkowicz博士称，现在核反应的燃料燃烧率仅为约1%，所以就算在燃烧率上提高不多，也会减少放射性废料的排放。

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The fuel could also burn through the vesseland start forcing radioactive steam continuously into the sky and spreading it around.

燃料也能烧穿压力容器，并开始使放射性蒸汽不断散入空中，在它周围蔓延。

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At present, says Dr Demkowicz, reactors burn only around 1% of their fuel, so even a modest increase in fuel burn would leave less radioactive waste.

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Even the spent fuel that has accumulated over 30 years of use is so radioactive it is hot enough to burn metal containers unless actively cooled 100% of the time.

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