Used fuel stuck inside reactor at Indian Point | PROS

Reactor Unit 3 is almost out of storage space for spent fuel - large rods of plutonium and uranium that have lost their juice but not their hazard. To keep operating, the plant needs to hoist that fuel out of the pool and move it to a longer-term storage site on the … (Picture: Nuclear Reactor Unit 3 at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan is almost out of room to store spent fuel. Above, a worker walks in protective clothing at Reactor Unit 2 in 2008.) …

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