Thursday, July 5, 2012

Dominion wants more storage containers at Conn. nuclear plant

Dominion wants more storage containers at Conn. nuclear plant
Dominion Resources seeks to boost the number of dry storage containers at its Millstone Power Station in Connecticut from 19 to 135, said company spokesman Ken Holt. The number would be sufficient to hold all used nuclear fuel produced through 2045. U.S. nuclear plants started using dry containers in 1987, and "there have been no significant problems with them at any of the sites," said Tom Kauffman, the Nuclear Energy Institute's senior media relations manager. The Day (New London, Conn.)

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