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[Maury Siskel]

Below is the latest item I've found regarding the 'missing' rods
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February 23, 2005


  PG&E: Missing nuke fuel rods found -- maybe

After looking for them for seven months, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 
<http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q=%22Pacific%20Gas%20%26%20Electric%20Co%22&t=sanjose> 
says it may have found what remains of three missing nuclear fuel rods 
from its Humboldt Bay nuclear power plant near Eureka in Northern 
California.

The three rods, which were 18 inches in length when they were taken out 
of service, apparently have been sitting at the bottom of the plant's 
used fuel pool since the 1960s.

But because they've been damaged by other used rods piled on top of them 
over the years, PG&E isn't claiming they've really been found.

"The results of the investigation to date, while inconclusive, support 
our original belief that the segments are either in our possession in 
the used fuel pool or were shipped offsite to a licensed nuclear waste 
facility," says Greg Rueger, senior vice president for generation and 
chief nuclear officer, in a written statement. "Based on an independent 
expert analysis of the fuel fragments we have recovered from the used 
fuel pool, it is most likely that we have the cut fuel rod segments in 
our possession. Unfortunately, their condition after 40 years of being 
stored under other components in the pool makes positive identification 
extremely difficult."
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Peg and Al Rosenfield wrote:

> About a year ago there was a report on Radsafe of missing spent fuel 
> stored at a reactor. I don't remember the name of the reactor or the 
> amount of fuel. Also, was the fuel ever found?
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> Al Rosenfield
> Columbus Ohio
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