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Dry Cask Storage
wlrun3@aol.com:
...is there an issue with the long term integrity of dry casks at Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations...
fueldryer:
--- Quote from: wlrun3 on Jul 02, 2008, 05:49 ---
...is there an issue with the long term integrity of dry casks at Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations...
What type of issue are you refering to?
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wlrun3@aol.com:
--- Quote from: fueldryer on Jul 02, 2008, 06:49 ---
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...point beach...
...aren't they good to just sit there and not be a problem for as long as we reasonably want...
matthew.b:
--- Quote from: wlrun3 on Jul 02, 2008, 05:49 ---
...is there an issue with the long term integrity of dry casks at Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations...
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Yeah, there is a major problem. Luddites won't let us haul them off to reprocessing centers and recover the valuable unused U235 and plutonium in them.
Other than that, no...
Nuclear Renaissance:
Stainless steel inside reinforced concrete, there for shielding and protection from external missiles and not because of internal pressure or stress/strain. Many of the interior steel portions are already designed for road transport if their destination ever becomes clear.
They will be fine for a long while.
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