Sentences with phrase «spent fuel store»

The fire in the spent fuel store of reactor unit 4 has probably released the worst of the radioactive materials so far.

They feared that spent fuel stored in the reactor halls would catch fire and send radioactive smoke across a much wider swath of eastern Japan, including Tokyo.

Had there not been spent fuel stored at the Fukushima plant, we would not have had all of the latest problems of the past two or three days.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A plan to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in New Mexico is drawing fire from critics who say the federal government needs to consider more alternatives.

Maybe they can put 50 years worth of spent fuel rods in plastic bags and store them in your backyard.

Approximately 1500 tons of spent fuel is currently stored in densely packed pools at Indian Point.

In the meantime, highly radioactive waste is being stored on - site in spent fuel pools at each nuclear plant, with 1500 tons of waste are currently stored at Indian Point.

From the outset, on - site stores were planned at the plant to take up to 20 years» worth of spent fuel.

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

Any future discussion of nuclear power will have to take a hard look at regulation and safety, in particular the practice of storing spent nuclear fuel rods on - site

One big hurdle was cleared in December 2014, when crews removed the last of 1535 fuel rods stored in the Unit 4 spent fuel pool.

The research may eventually help lead to ways to safely dispose of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel that is stored now at commercial nuclear power plants.

At the end of 2016 Japan had 14,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel stored at nuclear power plants, filling about 70 percent of its onsite storage capacity.

And a fire at a pool storing spent fuel rods at dormant reactor No. 4 is posing additional hazards to the few workers remaining at the site.

This component is only mildly radioactive and, if separated from the fission products and the rest of the material in the spent fuel, could readily be stored safely for future use in lightly protected facilities.

A second major issue at Fukushima is how to handle the fuel 3/4 the melted uranium cores as well as spent and unused fuel rods stored at the reactors.

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.

It will have a five - year refueling cycle, and the spent fuel could be stored underground with the unit for up to 60 years, Babcock & Wilcox said.

• Of greatest concern are the spent fuel rods stored at reactor Nos. 3 and 4.

After spending a relatively leisurely winter and early spring luxuriating in warm tropical climates, they migrate north for a brief but highly eventful summer in North America, during which they must complete three energetically demanding and time - consuming tasks: (1) they must build nests, lay eggs, and provide for their offspring until the young reach independence, (2) they must completely replace all the feathers in their plumage as part of the annual molt, and (3) they must prepare for the fall southward migration by eating prodigiously and storing the body fat that will fuel their long - distance flights.

The Japanese plant has endured partial meltdowns in at least three of its six reactors, as well as two of its seven pools for storing spent fuel.

And the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2006 suggested the practice of overcrowding pools for the storage of spent nuclear fuel rods — that has caused fires and explosions at Fukushima Daiichi, which stores far less used fuel than typical U.S. plants — could prove dangerous.

TEPCO may have made the problem worse, according to some experts, by storing more spent fuel in some of the pools than they could safely cool.

The DOE has chosen Yucca Mountain to be the store for spent fuel and high - level waste with a half - life of 24 000 years.

On September 15, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission affirmed its expert opinion that spent nuclear fuel could be safely stored on nuclear power plant grounds — whether in pools or dry casks — for «at least 60 years beyond the licensed life of any reactor.»

In a recent paper, Paine promoted the idea that nations would surrender spent nuclear fuel and it would be safely stored under international control.

We have likewise been storing spent nuclear fuel at our nuclear plant sites since the country began using nuclear energy.

That amount increases slowly as spent fuel is discharged from nuclear submarines and stored at the Idaho lab.

Holtec has submitted an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to store ALL of the nation's commercial spent fuel at a site in southeastern New Mexico.

The NAC - MPC is compatible for storing and transporting spent fuel from many older U.S. nuclear plants, with widespread applications for U.S. government spent fuel management and worldwide.

GE Hitachi calls the design the Power Reactor Innovative Small Module (PRISM), which is a key component to a new fuel cycle in which spent nuclear fuel is reused instead of being stored.

After that, the cooled spent fuel is removed, cleared and stored using natural air flow for cooling.

Instead, its long - term plan is to store such spent fuel in a specialized facility before constructing a final disposal site.

But as for a long - term solution, there is no consensus as to disposing of, or permanently storing, the spent nuclear fuel.

By the time Yucca would be filled to capacity in 2036, there will still be at least the same amount of spent fuel still stored at the reaction sites, even if no new plants are built.

If you don't have a physically active job or aren't able to spend lots of time on your feet during the day, this intensity is important for training the body to use fat as a fuel, especially for individuals who compete in events lasting more than two hours.Although it will be difficult to keep your intensity low on these days, if you've decided that you have lots of time on your hands and the type of training you want to do is primarily aerobic (vs. interval based training), then performing your endurance efforts at a higher intensity than Zone 2 will reduce the effectiveness of your harder workouts on subsequent days by fatiguing muscle and depleting carbohydrate stores in fast - twitch muscle.

It is only after hacker cult figure Morpheus agrees to show Tom «how deep the rabbit hole goes» that Tom, and we, learn The Ugly Truth: the surface of the earth has been uninhabitable for centuries, and all humans are spending their lives in a virtual reality construct, while a complex network of machines uses the electrical energy and body heat from their real bodies, which are stored in individual pods, as a fuel source.

The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has caused us to focus attention on a large amount of spent nuclear fuels stored in NPPs.

You earn 2 points for $ 1 spent in their family of stores (including their fuel centers).

Just spending a little more each month; $ 30 more on fuel, $ 75 more on housing, $ 150 more on loan or mortgage payments, plus an extra $ 100 at the grocery store — where will the extra $ 355 each month come from?

If you have a loyalty card issued by a Kroger - owned grocery store, you can earn one fuel point for every $ 1 you spend on groceries and other items.

The former earns 3.2 AeroMexico kilometers per dollar spent at gas stations and grocery stores, which can be redeemed on SkyTeam carriers (with fuel surcharges) and the latter earns 2 Asiana miles per dollar spent in the same categories, which can be redeemed on Star Alliance carriers and their non-alliance partners.

During the double points promotion, members will earn 4 Velocity Points per litre of fuel (2 Bonus Points and 2 Base Points) and 4 Velocity Points per $ 1 spent in - store (2 Bonus Points and 2 Base Points) on all eligible transactions.

The GM Business Card is a cash back credit card that rewards consumers with 3 percent cash back on fuel purchases at the pump, at restaurants, and at office supply stores, places most business owners will find themselves spending money on a regular basis.

You will earn 2 Velocity Points for every litre of fuel purchased up to 150 litres of fuel and 2 Velocity Points for every dollar spent in - store up to $ 100, per transaction * at participating BP service stations.

But the cooling system for both the reactor cores and the onsite - stored spent fuel rods was not designed to withstand a «once - in - a-millennium» tsunami.

The out - of - control status of the 6 Fukushima nuclear reactors and their stored spent fuel rods is a textbook example of «Don't Know Squared — It's What You Don't Know You Don't Know» that can bring down any system designed by humanity.

I'm learning about various steps taken in recent years to secure the reactors and the stored spent fuel both from acts of man, in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, and nature, in the wake of Japan's great seismic calamity.

At the Indian Point nuclear power plant 35 miles north of New York City, spent fuel is increasingly stored in casks, seen here beyond the roof of the glass building.