BRATTLEBORO -- If no federal repository for spent nuclear fuel is opened in the next 100 years, the nation’s taxpayers could be on the hook to pay for on-site storage, such as the dry casks at Vermont ...

TABLE 1.1 provides a listing of the 30 operating Independent Spent Fuel Storage InstalEations (ISFSIs14) in the United States. These ISFSIs include the dry storage facilities at operating and shutdown ...

The first HI-STORM FW cask has been placed into the used fuel dry storage facility at the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia, officially marking the facility's commissioning, Holtec International ...

As countries with nuclear research reactors look to optimize their spent fuel management practices, many are considering dry storage. Last week, 33 experts from 24 countries met at the IAEA in Vienna ...

Cool the fuel to prevent heat-up to high temperatures from radioactive decay. Shield workers and the public from the radiation emitted by radioactive decay in the spent fuel and provide a barrier for ...