Orano NPS has found no corrosion concerns or precursor indications of stress corrosion cracking in 20-year-old stainless steel canisters in use at three US dry storage facilities for used nuclear fuel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...