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... FINDING 4E: Depending on the outcome of plant-specific vulnerability analyses described in the committee's classified report, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission might determine that earlier movements of spent fuel from pools into dry cask storage would be prudent to reduce the potential consequences of terrorist attacks on pools at some commercial nuclear plants. The statement of task directs the committee to examine the risks of spent fuel storage options and alternatives for decision makers, not to recommend whether any spent fuel should be transferred from pool storage to cask storage.
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... They impede the review and feedback processes that can enhance the technical soundness of the analyses being carried out; they make it difficult to build support within the industry for potential mitigative measures; and they may undermine the confidence that the industry, expert panels such as this one, and the public place in the adequacy of such measures. RECOMMENDATION: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should improve the sharing of pertinent information on vulnerability and consequence analyses of spent fuel storage with nuclear power plant operators and dry cask storage system vendors on a timely basis.
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  • terrorist attacks
  • nuclear regulatory
  • dry cask

  • regulatory commission
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  • pool storage
  • terrorist attack
  • security advantages

  • storage facilities
  • power plant
  • commercial nuclear
  • attack scenarios
  • classified report

  • commission staff
  • plant operators
  • potential consequences
  • storage versus
  • wet pool

  • versus wet
  • air cooled
  • commercial reactor
  • following findings
  • store fuel

  • nuclear plants
  • robust construction
  • vulnerability analyses
  • committee offers
  • operating commercial


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