The NuScale spent
fuel pool provides storage for up to 10 years of spent fuel storage, plus temporary storage for new fuel assemblies.
Not exact matches
The oats
provide bulk for her long days along the
pool deck along with
fueling her during swim practice.
«FLEX would
provide multiple means of obtaining power and water needed to fulfill the key safety functions of core cooling, containment integrity and spent -
fuel pool cooling that would preclude damage to nuclear
fuel,» explains Adrian Heymer, executive director of Fukushima regulatory response at NEI.
Although cooling
pools provide a relatively small and, hence, difficult target for terrorists, a pinpoint attack could drain a
pool's water, causing the
fuel to overheat and melt.
The
pool water volume
provides a minimum of 30 days of passive cooling of the spent
fuel assemblies following a loss of all electrical power without the need for additional water.
Within the sanctuary, Arkaroola Village
provides all the comforts sought by the contemporary traveller including air conditioned motel lodges, a caravan park with powered and un-powered sites and bush camping areas, a licensed restaurant and lounge bar,
fuel outlet, complimentary barbecue facilities, a large in - ground swimming
pool and a visitor information centre.
The unusually deep, unusually warm
pool of water that
provided the initial
fuel is unlikely to have existed in a world without warming.
Although scientists think the contribution of global warming to Haiyan's extreme intensity is likely to have been small, Haiyan did have deeper, warmer
pools of water in the Pacific before it hit the Philippines to
provide sufficient energy to
fuel storm intensification.
Warm surface and subsurface waters in the west Pacific warm
pool provide the
fuel for El Niños, so, as you noted, there has to be warm water for an El Niño to form.