3 things to know about spent nuclear fuel dry cask storage

Описание: The U.S. Department of Energy's Katy Huff goes inside a spent nuclear fuel storage facility at Dominion Energy's North Anna Nuclear Generating Station to show just how safe and secure commercial spent nuclear fuel is stored across the U.S.

Most of the nation’s spent fuel is safely and securely stored at more than 70 reactor sites across the country. Roughly a quarter of these sites no longer have a reactor in operation.

The U.S. Department of Energy is now exploring the possibility of consolidating this spent nuclear fuel at one or more federal interim storage facilities using a consent-based siting process.

For the foreseeable future, the spent fuel can safely stay at the reactor sites or a future consolidated interim storage facility until a permanent disposal solution is determined by the federal government.

The Office of Nuclear Energy works with industry and other stakeholders to extend the life cycles of our current fleet of reactors and to develop new technologies that will help meet future environmental and energy goals.

Sign up for NE updates: https://www.energy.gov/ne/information...

Facebook:   / nuclearenergygov  
X:   / govnuclear  
LinkedIn:   / nuclearenergygov