Nuclear waste is spread across 94 different nuclear sites in the U.S. and has no permanent home. Big Tech is going to add more to the pile.
Spent fuel storage in the Federal Republic of Germany; Annex D: United States horizontal concrete dry storage system; Annex E: Canadian experience with the dry storage of used CANDU fuel; Annex F: ...
The amount of highly radioactive spent fuel that needs to be stored over longer periods of time is growing and additional storage capacity is required. One of the widely used options for additional ...
“Spent fuel, stored in dry casks (and) well maintained and monitored, poses a relatively low accident risk,” he said. The ...
Wilsey said the federal government is looking to consolidate its interim storage facilities of spent nuclear fuel from over 90 ... of 500 to 600 dry storage casks. For perspective, Wilsey said ...
Mutsu will begin receiving waste by March 2025. RFS plans to deposit its first cask containing 12 tons of spent fuel from TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture. Within two ...