Figure 1: Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Sites

    This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report:

    www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-797

    SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL: Accumulating Quantities at Commercial Reactors Present Storage and Other Challenges

    Note: Of the 75 sites, 65 have currently operating reactors, 7 have decommissioned reactors, 2 have
    reactors being decommissioned, and 1 site was constructed as a storage pool for spent fuel awaiting
    reprocessing.

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