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Spent fuel pool

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000485

An underwater storage and cooling facility for spent (depleted) fuel assemblies that have been removed from a reactor. For related information, see Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Spent Fuel Pools.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000485
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000485",
  "term": "Spent fuel pool",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "An underwater storage and cooling facility for spent (depleted) fuel assemblies that have been removed from a reactor. For related information, see Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Spent Fuel Pools.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/spent-fuel-pool/"
}

Record 478 of 548 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.