31. Like Kelly, Laporte expressed concern about reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods . 32. Northeast Utilities advised Dominion before the sale that the fuel rods were missing. 33. Makhijani says final disposition of the used fuel rods should await further study. 34. Ukraine has to dispose of some 600 to 700 fuel rods a year. 35. Russia has been providing Ukraine with fuel rods for its nuclear power plants. 36. Paek also doesn't think the North Koreans are reprocessing fuel rods . 37. It has since said it completed reprocessing its 8, 000 spent fuel rods . 38. But U . S . officials are more concerned about the spent fuel rods . 39. Experts began warning that the physical condition of the fuel rods required immediate attention. 40. The judge allowed the first shipment of 153 fuel rods to land in September.
