Booney wrote:bennymacca wrote:since when does storage require a source of water?
Used nuclear fuel is in storage at the nation’s nuclear energy facilities. Most plants store used fuel in steel-lined, concrete pools filled with water, which acts as a natural barrier for radiation. The water also keeps the fuel cool while radiation decays. The water itself does not leave the used fuel pool.
This is done prior to longer term waste storage in most cases to stabilize the waste, other facilities store it in this manner longer term.
I'm certainly no expert, but I believe it is a very useful tool for short term storage and long term stabilization.
You can easily pipe it anywhere though right? I assumed from your first post that you were saying you needed it for cooling