81. Putin also sacked Atomic Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov, who had advocated a much-criticized plan to import foreign spent nuclear fuel into Russia for long-term storage. 82. Possession of the nuclear fuel is a liability to the university. 83. President Clinton on Friday told the Energy Department and the Pentagon to review the safety of civilian nuclear fuel processing. 84. So far, none appears to have leaked nuclear fuel into the surrounding water. 85. Some experts have said terrorists might try to make a radiological bomb by combining radioactive material, like spent nuclear fuel, with conventional explosives. 86. Spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors currently is being stored in temporary facilities at the reactor sites. 87. Some environmentalists favor storing spent nuclear fuel on reactor sites because shipping the waste creates even more hazards, they say. 88. Subcritical explosions use nuclear fuel like plutonium in small discharges that stop short of producing a self-sustaining chain reaction that releases any nuclear energy. 89. The accord will also govern rules for trade in nuclear fuels and financial services. 90. The canisters will be stored in a building where Nuclear Fuel Services used to chop up nuclear fuel. |