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... CHARGE 1: POTENTIAL SAFETY AND SECURITY RISKS OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL STORED IN POOLS The committee's examination of Charge 1 is provided in Chapter 3. On the basis of this examination, the committee offers the following findings and recommendations: FINDING 3A: Pool storage is required at all operating commercial nuclear power plants to cool newly discharged spent fuel.
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... As described in Chapter 3, there are substantial differences in the designs of spent fuel pools that make them more or less vulnerable to certain types of terrorist attacks. FINDING 3E: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and independent analysts have made progress in understanding some vulnerabilities of spent fuel pools to certain terrorist attacks and the consequences of such attacks for releases of radioactivity to the environment.
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  • zirconium cladding
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  • fuel pools
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  • terrorist attack
  • fuel assemblies
  • spent nuclear

  • power plant
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  • commercial nuclear
  • radioactive material
  • potential safety

  • fuel assembly
  • decay heat
  • reactor core
  • classified report
  • discharged spent

  • heat transfer
  • plant operators
  • propagating zirconium
  • committee judges
  • security procedures


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