Spent Fuel Cooling Pools Should not be a problem

Spent Fuel Cooling Pools Should not be a problem

Some news sources and internet sources(Christian Science Monitor) are trying to make an issue of spent fuel cooling pools now that the Japanese reactors are on the way to cold shutdown.

DOE source David Mohre - Emergency Management Specialist at U.S. Department of Energy indicates - Multiple tests have been run with spent fuel cooling turned off. Temperatures do not reach boiling, not even close. Evaporation rates go up, and that requires daily makeup of gallons of water, not thousands of gallons.

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