| 1. | Experts say reprocessing spent fuel rods could yield several bombs within months.
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| 2. | Reprocessing involves dissolving old fuel rods in acid and extracting the plutonium.
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| 3. | Nuclear reactors usually contain large amounts of zirconium as fuel rod barns.
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| 4. | Investigators suspect a tiny hole in a fuel rod caused the leak.
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| 5. | The main goods transported were nuclear fuel rods carried in nuclear flasks.
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| 6. | Generally, the fuel bundles consist of fuel rods bundled 14x14 to 17x17.
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| 7. | Water samples from the pond showed contamination due to damaged fuel rods.
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| 8. | It is separated from the fuel rods that actually generate the heat.
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| 9. | The channels could be used for fuel rods, experiments and additional uses.
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| 10. | About 2, 000 spent nuclear fuel rods at Lucas Heights await reprocessing.
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