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Undergoes the first process that heats the water. >> in the massive turbine room. 2,000 mega was of power is generated. after six years of use, the uranium fuel is transferred to spent fuel pool. the pools are built into bedrock with walls made of steel reinforced concrete. all of the spent fuel that's been used at units three since 1976 is in that spent fuel pool. which is under about 25 feet of water. it not only helps keep the fuel cool, but also provides protection from harmful radiation. >> this pool is actually at capacity. so in the next year, we plan on taking out the oldest fuel and t...

We're building the right mix of generation for the future and taking really a 30 to 40-year view of that. >> all right. let's talk about a mechanism. is it important that we need to develop a mechanism here in the united states for reprocessing nuclear waste or a long-term storage solution? where are we with that discussion? >> i think one of the issues is how do we deal, as you've suggested, with our spent fuel? today it's in the pools. we've been moving it into the dry cast storage. i think we should probably accelerate the movement of spent fuel to dry cask and look at regional storage for ...

Fuel rods in a safe, secure facility, even though the president basically abandoned that entire plan? >> well, i think you shouldn't confuse what happens in in a spent fuel pool with long term storage of 10,000 years to a million years. what happens in a nuclear reactor is you have spent reactors. after that you transition to dry cast storage. dry cast storage means air cooled passive storage without maintenance. the nuclear regulatory agency determined that dry cast storage will be safe for half a century or more. this is the option. #. >> as energy secretary, what keeps you up at night? >> w...