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Environment & Energy

John ONeill

(93 posts)

1. Zaporizhzhye spent fuel casks.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 07:05 AM

5 hrs ago

I read an interesting article a while back on those. Before Ukraine became independent, Russia took all the spent fuel, but after that, they had to look after it themselves. After Chornobyl, the Ukrainian government was understandably leery about Russian safety culture, so they called in US advisers from Holtec - and then set higher standards than were used for American casks.

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A Discussion, Written Before the War, of the Properties of Ukrainian Used Nuclear Fuel in a Russian Journal. [View all] NNadir Tuesday OP

Zaporizhzhye spent fuel casks. John ONeill 5 hrs ago #1

Well the article claims that there is gamma radiation detected outside of the casks as well as neutrons. NNadir 5 hrs ago #2

I opened the paper to access a data table reflecting spontaneous fission neutrons... NNadir 1 hr ago #3