05/19/2009
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"Do you have a maximum time?"
"It is imperative that comparable emergency procedures be provided for spent-fuel pool accidents to derive the same safety benefits that we derive from improved procedures for reactor core accidents."
"I came away from those visits with some good news. I feel much better about the safety precautions that are in place at these nuclear plants."
"So one wouldn't be surprised, in these plants, to see fuel in those spent-fuel pools for decades?"