Once the rods had been exhausted for their original purpose, the spent fuel could be reprocessed into plutonium in sufficient quantities to make nuclear weapons.
这些燃料棒因为最初的用途而耗完后，还可以被再加工成足够数量的钚，足够用来制造核武器。
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Russia is legally required to ensure that the re-enriched fuel and reprocessed waste is returned or properly disposed of, but only a small percentage of the original material gets sent back.
法律上，俄国应该确保再浓缩核燃料及后处理核废料被回收或者正确处理，但是仅有一小部分原材料被回收。
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Spent fuel from NPPs is planned to be reprocessed in China to make full utilization of uranium.