Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Pub Book

Note to Readers     1
Summary for Congress     3
Executive Summary     5
Introduction and Background     12
Context for this study     12
Strategy to address the study charges     13
Report roadmap     16
Background on spent nuclear fuel and its storage     16
Terrorist Attacks on Spent Fuel Storage     25
Background on risk     25
Terrorist attack scenarios     28
Risks of terrorist attacks on spent fuel storage facilities     34
Findings and recommendations     36
Spent Fuel Pool Storage     38
Background on spent fuel pool storage     40
Previous studies on safety and security of pool storage     44
Evaluation of the potential risks of pool storage     47
Findings and recommendations     57
Dry Cask Storage and Comparative Risks     60
Background on dry cask storage     61
Evaluation of potential risks of dry cask storage     54
Potential advantages of dry storage over wet storage     68
Findings and recommendations     69
Implementation Issues     75
Timing issues     75
Communication issues     75
Finding and recommendation     77
References     79
Appendixes
Information-gathering sessions     83
Biographical sketches of committee members     87
Tour of selected spent fuel storage-related installations in Germany     92
Historical development of current commercial power reactor fuel operations     100
Glossary     108
Acronyms     115