51.   Germany, Switzerland and Sweden have suspended shipments of spent fuel that was to be reprocessed at Sellafield.

52.   He said that the spent nuclear fuel generated by any type of nuclear reactor contains enough uranium and plutonium for the creation of nuclear explosive devices at low cost.

53.   He said the company believed the spent fuel was adequately protected.

54.   In addition, the Energy Department says several plants may have to shut down in the next few years unless a place is found to put their spent fuel.

55.   In its place, spent fuel holding the deadly element was to be buried in underground dumps.

56.   In return, the countries pledged not to develop nuclear weapons and to return the spent fuel.

57.   In the limited experience moving spent fuel, she said there have been seven accidents but no release of radioactivity.

58.   In March, his nuclear scientists began unloading spent fuel from a reactor at Yongbyon.

59.   In truth, spent fuel has been stored safely for decades in pools at the sites of nuclear power plants with no adverse effect.

60.   Instead, they were stored in a container and put into the spent fuel pool, said Peter Hyde, a Millstone spokesman.