And many of these states depend on coal, the dirtiest commonly-used fuel.

在这些州之中又有不少对煤炭——污染最大但使用普遍的燃料——难以割舍。

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The storage pools, which contain used fuel rods, also need a constant supply of water.

用来存放核废料的储存池也需要立刻灌水冷却。

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The United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap.

直到二十世纪二十年代美国还在挥霍无度地用燃料，这主要是因为燃料非常便宜。

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Enriched uranium can be used as fuel for nuclear energy as Iran says or it can be used for nuclear bombs.

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Even coal, the fuel people used to heat their homes, cost twice as much.

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She says a contribution of more than three million Euros from Italy will be used to provide winter kits, including heating fuel to vulnerable families.

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One proposed solution for long-term storage of used fuel is Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

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The same is true of reprocessing: you can get plutonium out of used fuel.

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But that doesn't address the problem of the need to cool the used fuel for five years before moving it anywhere else.

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