This is an urgent issue of mass public safety. There are a number of reactors in the US that store their spent fuel in a manner similar to the design at Fukushima. Should any of these spent fuel pools lose cooling, we can expect a similar catastrophe.
The federal government’s handling of the proper storage of spent nuclear fuel has been criminal.
Even the French recycle theirs.
Thank Jimmy Carter for the 'no recycle' policy that every frigging GOP president has let ride.
/johnny
AND, we still have plans (and testing) of ‘spent’ reactors from our ‘friends’ across the pond....Why again are there no re-use of ‘spent’ rods? Don’t tell me they’re safe after the 1st go-round :P
Fedzilla, yet AGAIN, gets in the way
I agree. This issue has gone on for way, way too long.
And it is not just how the plants are storing their rods, many of those pools are at capacity already. And some are over-capacity, but the public isn’t aware of the problem at an educated level.
It will be interesting when the order comes down that these plants be shut-down due to storage issues. Right now it is just the permitting of new plants, but eventually it will be the existing plants.
The environmental movement is responsible for this. 0bama is shutting down coal plants and coal mines....the EPA/NRC is stopping nuclear permits etc. If we keep going at this rate people in the Northern states will be freezing to detah in the winter when the windmills freeze solid and the solar panals are covered in snow.