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Leak Probe to Halt Activities at Honeywell Nuclear-Fuel Plant in Illinois.

By C.D. Bradley, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 24--METROPOLIS, Ill.--The Honeywell nuclear fuel processing plant will not resume uranium hexafluoride (UF6) production for at least a week as company and federal officials investigate the cause of a leak Monday morning.

Company spokesman Mark McPhee said all scheduled workers reported to the plant Tuesday and were expected to continue doing so as the investigation continued.

A five-member Augmented Inspection Team sent by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ar