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Used Nuclear Fuel

Used Nuclear Fuel. Fuel Rods Filled With Pellets Are Grouped Into Fuel Assemblies. Fuel Assemblies Cool Temporarily in Used Fuel Pools. =Nuclear Power Plants =Plants that will run out of storage by 2005. 52 Plants Will Run Out of Used Fuel Storage by 2005. Temporary Dry Storage On Site.

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Used Nuclear Fuel

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  1. Used Nuclear Fuel

  2. Fuel Rods Filled With Pellets Are Grouped Into Fuel Assemblies

  3. Fuel Assemblies Cool Temporarily in Used Fuel Pools

  4. =Nuclear Power Plants =Plants that will run out of storage by 2005 52 Plants Will Run Out of Used Fuel Storage by 2005

  5. Temporary Dry Storage On Site

  6. Transportation Containers Are Strong and Safe

  7. Transportation Casks Have Been Tested

  8. Container Loaded on a Truck…

  9. … And Crashed at 80 MPH into a Concrete Wall

  10. Container Broadsided by Locomotive Traveling at 80 MPH

  11. Containers Survived Incineration Tests

  12. Containers Passed Every Test

  13. NRC Concludes Shipping Even Safer Than Previously Thought

  14. At the Repository, Fuel Will Be Transferred to a Special Disposal Container

  15. Yucca Mountain Being Considered As Disposal Site

  16. Yucca Mountain Being Considered As Disposal Site

  17. Seven Miles of Tunnels Built in Yucca Mountain

  18. Yucca Mountain Has Been Thoroughly Investigated

  19. President Recommends Yucca Mountain

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