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Refuelling Cycle• Each complete fuelling cycle (from pickup of fresh fuel todischarge of used fuel) takes about 2.5 hours• In a standard CANDU 6 five distinct phases occur duringthe flow assisted fuelling (FAF):• Channel opening to the fuelling machines• Shield plugs removal• Insertion of the required number of fresh fuel bundles• Removal of irradiated bundles• Replacement of the plugs to close the channel

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