| 1. | Door's padlock, stepped inside and walked away with three fresh fuel elements
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| 2. | These concentrated fuels were then reformed, on site, into new fuel elements.
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| 3. | The plutonium would be turned into MOX fuel elements for civilian nuclear reactors.
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| 4. | The operators failed to remove silica gel packs from a new fuel element.
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| 5. | The CANFLEX bundle has 43 fuel elements, with two element sizes.
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| 6. | Fuel elements may crack over time and gas bubbles may form.
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| 7. | The only graphite moderator damage was found to be localized around burning fuel elements.
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| 8. | Utilization of these fuel elements enables more effective use of available uranium through reprocessing.
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| 9. | In the case of SL-1, the fuel and fuel elements vaporized from instantaneous overheating.
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| 10. | Fuel elements may be plates or rods with 8.5 % to 45 % uranium.
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