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The fourth point would seem the strongest, as King and Nimitz had decreed an end to the “defueled doggo fleet.”
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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The fourth point would seem the strongest, as King and Nimitz had decreed an end to the “defueled doggo fleet.”
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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Unit 2 is the reactor that had the meltdown in 1979 and as of 1993 is permanently shutdown and defueled.
Boing Boing 2006
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We figure they're kept defueled most of the time, and they probably need two to four hours to bring them up to launch readiness.
The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000
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MS. MYERS: What we said earlier was that if North Korea -- this is during the talks about reestablishing a third round -- that if North Korea defueled their reactor in such a way as to make it impossible for the IAEA, through measurements, to determine what had happened in 1989, that we would end the process toward the third round.
Dee Dee Myers Press Briefing ITY National Archives 1994
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"Be our luck," grumbled one of the monsters, "we'll get down safely, get aboard and be all set to blow, and find out they've defueled the engines."
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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"Be our luck," grumbled one of the monsters, "we'll get down safely, get aboard and be all set to blow, and find out they've defueled the engines."
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Place one in the core of a defueled nuclear reactor that uses water or sodium as the working fluid.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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The Refueling and Complex Overhaul, or RCOH, is a massive undertaking in which carriers are essentially gutted and refitted with new equipment, defueled and refueled.
unknown title 2009
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I’ve defueled a highly enriched core after power operation and the stuff goes into lead coke bottles and armoured, lead lined trains and is sent out for some reprocessing.
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