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Check out this great question by @CleanEnRev !

Have you ever wonder how is spent fuel transported?
Let's find out 👇
First of all, fuel assemblies remain submerged during all handling operations. The minimum shielding requirement is ~3m of water for a high burn-up, & they use special cranes for handling operations

Check out one of the main differences between #BWRs and #PWRs spent fuel pools👇
BWR pools are filled with demineralized water, and PWR pools are normally filled with a dilute (~0.2M) boric acid solution💧

The role of boric acid in nuclear power plant is basically to control nuclear fission rate (among other uses)

Check out these 2 cross-section pics👇 ImageImage
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