1.   The debate has spread across Europe to the industry of selling mixed oxide fuels.

2.   The decisive battle, though, will probably take place years from now, in localities with electric companies that agree to accept mixed oxide fuels.

3.   Greenpeace opposes the shipments of mixed oxide fuel because it fears that bomb-making material could fall into the wrong hands.

4.   Secrecy surrounded the operation, as officials worried about safely transporting the plutonium- and uranium-based mixed oxide fuel halfway around the world by sea.

5.   The government also has been trying to operate the Tarapur plant by using a mixed oxide fuel its scientists have developed.