11.   Stewart said there is no comparison between Chernobyl and Palo Verde, adding that the situation with the stuck fuel assembly poses no threat to the general public.

12.   Stewart said workers will cut slots in the bottom of the fuel assembly to loosen it, then use two hydraulic jacks to free the assembly.

13.   The bear trap was snapped on next, and the fuel assembly was scheduled to be transported Sunday night into the spent-fuel storage area.

14.   The hoist is necessary because the extra reinforcing of the fuel assembly makes the structure too big for the crane usually used to move the reactor fuel.

15.   The Lepse, an old Soviet supply ship in the Murmansk bay, has hundreds of spent nuclear fuel assemblies on board.

16.   The NRC sent four inspectors to the plant to oversee efforts to dislodge the fuel assembly.

17.   According to the security officials, the container, known as a nuclear fuel assembly, had been cut open where the zirconium tube was discovered.

18.   The current shipments can be stored at SRS, but new facilities would have to be built to accept the additional fuel assemblies.

19.   The officials said they had information where part of the uranium removed from the nuclear fuel assembly was stored and the identity of the people involved in the theft.