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2. Dry cask storage - Wikipedia

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   Dry cask storage area. Dry cask storage is a method of storing high-level radioactive waste, such as spent nuclear fuel that has already been cooled in a spent fuel pool for at least one year and often as much as ten years. [1] [2] Casks are typically steel cylinders that are either welded or bolted closed. The fuel rods inside are surrounded ...

3. Dry box - Wikipedia

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   A dry box is a storage container in which the interior is kept at a low level of humidity. It may be as simple as an airtight and watertight enclosure, or it may use ...

4. Industrial radiography - Wikipedia

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   Gamma radiation sources, [2] most commonly iridium-192 and cobalt-60, are used to inspect a variety of materials. The vast majority of radiography concerns the testing and grading of welds on piping, pressure vessels, high-capacity storage containers, pipelines, and some structural welds.

5. Radioactive waste - Wikipedia

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   Short-term approaches to radioactive waste storage have been segregation and storage on the surface or near-surface of the earth. Burial in a deep geological repository is a favored solution for long-term storage of high-level waste, while re-use and transmutation are favored solutions for reducing the HLW inventory.

6. List of measuring instruments - Wikipedia

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   liquid and dry goods measuring cylinder: volume measuring spoon: a spoon used to measure an amount of an ingredient, either liquid or dry megger: electrical insulation mercury barometer: Atmospheric pressure micrometer: small distances multimeter: electrical potential, resistance, and current nephoscope: to measure the speed and direction of ...

7. Cargo scanning - Wikipedia

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   Gamma-ray image of a shipping container showing two stowaways hidden inside Gamma-ray image of a truck showing goods inside a shipping container A truck entering a gamma-ray radiography system. Gamma-ray radiography systems capable of scanning trucks usually use cobalt-60 or caesium-137 [6] as a radioactive source and a vertical tower of gamma ...