The NRC analysis found that a fire in a spent - fuel pool at an average nuclear reactor site would cause $ 125 billion in damages, while expedited transfer of spent fuel to dry casks could
reduce radioactive releases from pool fires by 99 percent.
Personnel at the Fukushima Daiichi plant responded to the accident with courage and resilience, and their actions likely
reduced its severity and the magnitude of offsite
radioactive material
releases, the committee said.