U. S. reactors typically store much more spent fuel than did the Fukushima plants, and a similar disaster here could therefore be devastating.

较之日本福岛核电站，美国存放着更多的核废料，因此类似的灾变将招致毁灭性的后果。

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The conversations about where to store spent fuel and how communities would respond in the event of radiation leaks are healthy.

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The ponds store spent fuel from the nuclear reactors.

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President George W. Bush approved Yucca Mountain as the site to store the U.S.'s spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste, but President Barack Obama cancelled work on the project in 2009.

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