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 ...

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, ...

South Korean engineering firm Doosan Enerbility has signed a contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to carry out the overall design of a used nuclear fuel dry storage system. The manufacturing ...

VERNON -- Federal nuclear regulators say storing spent nuclear fuel on-site indefinitely is safe. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week released a study on the environmental impacts of ...

A metal overpack for cask storage of used nuclear fuel, jointly developed by Doosan Enerbility of South Korea and NAC International of the USA, has received design certification from the US Nuclear ...

A rendering of Orano’s NUHOMS dry cask storage system to be installed at Diablo Canyon. Courtesy Photo Were you surprised? We were – to see such a harsh letter sent to our shared customer by a ...

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 ...