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... Please use the DRY CASK STORAGE AND COMPARATIVE RISKS 61 4.1 BACKGROUND ON DRY CASK STORAGE The storage of spent fuel in dry casks has the same three primary objectives as pool storage (Chapter 3) : • Cool the fuel to prevent heat-up to high temperatures from radioactive decay.
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... Please use the DRY CASK STORAGE AND COMPARATIVE RISKS 62 FIGURE 4.1 Photo of NUHOMS canister showing the internal basket for holding the spent fuel assemblies in a fixed geometry. This canister is shown for illustrative purposes only.
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... 8There may be exceptions in the future. Private Fuel Storage has requested a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct a dry cask storage facility in Utah that will store fuel from multiple reactor sites.
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