There is so much stupid in this thread its not even funny, craigD is the only person who seems to have any actual knowledge. Dry cask storage is how they do it now. when do bring the fuel out of the reactor down the transfer canal, they put it into a space in the spent fuel pool, after its "cooled off" they load it into a lead lined, stainless steel cask. This cask in then incased in a [bleep] load of concrete, and moved with a special machine, they are able to take a 747 flying into them without being compromised.
if anyone is wondering, i work in nuke plants. no you dont have to worry about them, were so damn regulated that crossing an imaginary boundry 30 seconds after you just walked through there, will get you run off and kickd out permanently. so much oversight its not even funny.
