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Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Public Report (2006) / Chapter Skim
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... • Safety and security advantages, if any, of dry cask storage versus wet pool storage at these reactor sites. • Potential safety and security advantages, if any, of dry cask storage using various single-, dual-, and multi purpose cask designs, • The risks of terrorist attacks on these materials and the risk these materials might be used to construct a radiological dispersal device.
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  • fuel assemblies
  • security advantages
  • spent nuclear

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  • radioactive material
  • cladding fires

  • potential safety
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  • propagating zirconium


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