Photo courtesy of Robert Del Tredici
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Photo courtesy of Robert Del Tredici |
Each tall, cylindrical, concrete
silo contains a metal storage cylinder, which in turn holds
spent fuel bundles
. The number of bundles can range from a couple of hundred to
over 600, depending on the design of the containment system. The
dry storage containers in use at the Western Waste Management Facility
(WWMF) will be the
"Pickering"
design, made for the Pickering dry storage facility
at the Pickering, Ontario nuclear complex on Lake Ontario. Each container
holds 384 fuel bundles. (Initially the WWMF planed to use a special "Bruce"
dry storage container. A Bruce used fuel bundle has 37 rods, whereas
a Pickering used fuel bundle has 28 rods, although a Bruce and Pickering
bundle are designed to be the same size. In the end, the operators
of the WWMF chose to use the Pickering model of container rather than their
special design.) |
