spent nuclear fuel rods

Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) consists of nuclear fuel rods and other fuel



that it has completed reprocessing thousands of spent nuclear fuel rods



All the used nuclear fuel produced by the U.S. nuclear energy industry in



North Korea's spent nuclear fuel rods kept in a cooling pond are seen at the



spent nuclear fuel rods at the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan.



Spent Fuel Rods in Storage With nowhere to store spent nuclear fuel rods,



Buchanan – The first group of spent nuclear fuel rods have been loaded into



Obviously, nuclear waste from spent fuel rods is also designated “depleted



allow spent fuel rods



34 years worth of spent nuclear fuel lies quiety beneath 28 feet of water at



So I asked, “Are nuclear fuel rods safe to hold?” The answer has remained a



IMAGE: POOL THAT COOLS SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RODS. Francois Mori / AP



fuel rods at Penn State's



Spent nuclear fuel is regularly



Spent nuclear fuel is regularly



Spent nuclear fuel is regularly



Spent nuclear fuel is regularly



heavy-water reactor technology, which can use spent nuclear fuel rods.



hold hundreds of spent nuclear fuel rods. Photo: Jason Cohn/Wired.com



Spent fuel rods cooling in pools--like the fuel assemblies in this pond at