TerraPower
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Gates was nominated for his work at TerraPower , a nuclear reactor design company he helped establish in 2008 .
盖茨因他在特拉派沃公司的工作而被提名,这是一家他于2008年帮助建立的核反应设计公司。
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Some , like Bill Gates-chaired TerraPower in Bellevue , Wash . , are designing " fast reactors " that don 't moderate neutrons .
比如由比尔o盖茨任董事长的泰拉能源公司(TerraPower)正在设计一种不需要对中子进行缓和的“快速反应堆”。
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TerraPower 's concept would also blunt the logic behind a second route to a bomb : recovering plutonium from spent reactor fuel , which is how most nuclear weapons are built .
TerraPower的概念还会击破另一个制造核弹的托辞:绝大多数核武器是通过从使用过的反应堆燃料中提取钚制造出来的。
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The result , TerraPower 's supporters hope , is that countries would not need to enrich uranium in the quantities they do now , undercutting arguments that they have to have vast stores on hand for a civilian program .
TerraPower的支持者们希望,这样一来,各国就不再需要像现在这样浓缩那么多铀,为支持民用计划而存储大量浓缩铀的借口也难以再成立。