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Archive Home > 2011 > May > 25 > Report: Spent reactor fuel in U.S. poses greater risk than in Japan

Report: Spent reactor fuel in U.S. poses greater risk than in Japan

By Matthew L. Wald / The Bulletin
May 25, 2011

WASHINGTON — The threat of a catastrophic release of radioactive materials from a spent fuel pool at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant is dwarfed by the risk posed by such pools in the United States, which are typically filled with far more radioactive material, according to a....

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