Energia i regulacje · 28/03/2011

NRC Proposes Amendment to Spent Fuel Storage Cask Regulations

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to add the HI-STORM Flood/Wind cask system to its list of approved spent fuel storage casks, allowing power plant operators to store spent fuel in this system under a general license, following a recent request from the Nuclear Energy Institute.