Re: Dispersal of Spent Fuel -Reply

[Gary Masters <gmasters@csn.net>]

On Thu, 29 Aug 1996 schoenho@via.at wrote:

[snip]
> also neutron absorbing material - maybe borate. You may also know that there
> is also the possibility to use a dry storage place, where the rods are
> cooled by circulating air, even passive circulation might be enough. Of
> course the dimensions of such a storage place are chosen in such a way to
> prevent any criticality problem.
> 
[snip]

As a matter of fact, such a facility (dry spent fuel storage) existed, 
and may still, at the Fort Saint Vrain gas cooled plant in Colorado.

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