Second of two parts on the storage of used radioactive fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. A community group thrust the issue of storing nuclear fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear ...

Historical photo of Unit 1 fuel loading. Courtesy Southern California Edison. The nuclear odyssey that began in 1968 — when Lyndon B. Johnson was president, Apollo 8 orbited the moon and nuclear power ...

BRATTLEBORO -- If a rule that is under consideration is accepted by the commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear power plant operators around the country will be required to ...

Cool the fuel to prevent heat-up to high temperatures from radioactive decay. Shield workers and the public from the radiation emitted by radioactive decay in the spent fuel and provide a barrier for ...

Utilities are facing a thorny problem in managing the highly radioactive fuel that is discharged from reactors used to generate electricity. The utilities, design firms, industry groups, legislators, ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has for the first time accepted a single dry run inspection of multi-purpose canister (MPC) lid welding representing used fuel loading at multiple nuclear power ...

BRATTLEBORO -- In 2006, Vermont's Public Service Board approved a dry cask storage facility for spent fuel at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. In its decision, the board concluded that ...

Orano has loaded the first used fuel into the upper modules of the two-tiered NUHOMS MATRIX horizontal dry storage system at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Kansas. A sealed used fuel canister ...