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pent fuel can be stored in two ways - either in pools at individual reactor sites or in dry casks at independent spent fuel storage facilities. Pools are large, water-filled containers in which nuclear reactor fuel is stored while it is not being used. Dry casks are heavy steel containers, or canisters, which are designed to store spent nuclear fuel safely and securely. Moving spent fuel to dry casks reduces the risks of a radiation release. [1] Currently, most spent nuclear fuel is safely stored in specially designed pools at individual reactor sites around the country. [2] All spent fuel should be transferred from wet to dry storage within five years of discharge from the reactor core. [3] 400,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel is stored at hundreds of sites across dozens of countries
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