Sentences with phrase «at reactor sites»

With no permanent waste repository in sight, the nuclear industry is storing spent fuel at reactor sites.

The removed «spent» fuel then is placed into deep pools of water at the reactor site, where it continues to generate heat and radiation (Figure 1).

Used fuel is currently stored at reactor sites around the country.

The problem of spent fuel storage Nuclear reactor operators must store spent fuel removed from reactor cores for several years at least, in large pools at reactor sites until the remaining heat from the uranium fuel cools sufficiently.

Since fuel re-processing is not commercially available in the United States and has not been shown to be commercially viable n this country, spent fuel is typically being held in temporary storage at reactor sites until a permanent long - term waste disposal option becomes available.

ITER, which is poised to begin construction at the reactor site in southern France, has yet to gain final approval for its design, schedule, and cost, collectively known as the project's baseline.

Fuel units must be stored initially in pools at reactor sites for about five years, until the decay heat drops enough to permit movement into dry cask containers.

Last fall, the group told lawmakers that a nuclear waste policy should focus on a consent - based approach, rather than one focused on Yucca Mountain, that is «technically sound» and requires that SNF is managed safely and securely at reactor sites until a repository becomes available.

Published by researchers from Princeton University and the Union of Concerned Scientists, the article argues that NRC inaction leaves the public at high risk from fires in spent - nuclear - fuel cooling pools at reactor sites.