1. Visual techniques are normally used for the postirradiation inspection of fuel bundles . 2. Generally, the fuel bundles consist of fuel rods bundled 14x14 to 17x17. 3. On the initial firings immense reactor heat and vibration cracked the fuel bundles . 4. The fuel bundle is a variant of the 43-element CANFLEX design ( CANFLEX-ACR ). 5. PWR fuel bundles are about 4 meters in length. 6. Generally, the fuel bundles consist of fuel rods bundled 14 ?14 to 17 ?17. 7. At no time were the reactor's fuel bundles -- the reactor's most crucial elements-- damaged, he said. 8. Remote cameras lowered into the reactor's coolant water showed that the fuel bundle was wedged at the bottom. 9. He said that keeping the new fuel bundles uncontaminated " is a good way of doing business ." 10. Two CANDU ( " CANada Deuterium Uranium " ) fuel bundles , each about 50cm long and 10cm in diameter
