Nuclear engineers have long known of increased risks from high burn-up fuels, but scientists at Argonne have been sounding the alarm about storage dangers in recent years after their research ( pdf) showed high burn-up fuels may result in fuel rods becoming more brittle over time.

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Finally, today, after two weeks of limited attacks, British commanders concluded that the government's resistance was brittle and that it was time to begin a major attack.

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