Aging Radwaste Canisters - Unanswered Questions
Channel: eon3
Date: 2015-03-26

Excerpts from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's annual Division of Spent Fuel Management (DSFM) Regulatory Conference, REG CON 2014, held Nov. 19-20 in Rockville, MD suggest important issues that apply to all nuclear plants and both cost and safety issues. 

A main issue that emerged from relentless questioning by SanOnofreSafety.org Founder Donna Gilmore and Diane D'Arrigo of NIRS.org is the lemming rush to move highly radioactive fuel assemblies out of overcrowded storage pools into dry casks without even considering the most robust cask design available on the international market.