21. And of equal danger to the accumulated radioactive waste are the enriched uranium and plutonium from nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel. 22. And Washington is expected to come under some pressure to cooperate from governments that have not resolved what to do with their spent nuclear fuel. 23. Anti-proliferation organizations have long argued that reprocessing creates bomb-grade nuclear fuels that could be converted into nuclear weapons. 24. As an airline passenger, you may be sharing space with live animals, farm produce or spent nuclear fuel. 25. Astronomers think these star-sized black holes form from the death of an ordinary star that has consumed all its nuclear fuel and collapsed. 26. At that point the white dwarf can no longer support its own weight, and burns its nuclear fuel so suddenly that it explodes. 27. At Tokaimura, the incident was at first blamed on workers taking shortcuts in processing uranium into nuclear fuel. 28. Besides the nuclear fuel program, it also involves providing modest amounts of food relief for North Korean famine victims and low-key efforts to begin a limited diplomatic dialogue. 29. A break in a small pipe there allowed a loss of water intended to keep the nuclear fuel from overheating, causing a partial meltdown. 30. A second proposal by Argonne National Laboratory would have used the facility as a demonstration project for nuclear fuels. |