Well, I think, and somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you store them for 5 to 7 years, and then they should be removed from the spent fuel pool, and they should be put in dry casks, hopefully transportation dry casks, so that they can be moved then to a permanent waste facility, which we don't have.
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