Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Technical Challenges Lie Ahead in Spent Fuel Relocation, Experts Say

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By John Stang
Significant technical challenges remain to the eventual rail shipment of the nation’s used nuclear reactor fuel to temporary storage or permanent disposal, issue experts acknowledged Wednesday.
To start, there is not yet an approved railcar to carry…

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