1.   But it appears willing to store the rods in dry casks to keep them from corroding.

2.   Company officials said they will reassess their plans and make a final decision once they receive a license for dry casks, expected within three years.

3.   Eleven nuclear power plants in the United States use dry casks and nine others are pursuing them.

4.   Many of the spent fuel rods have sat for years in dry casks or in cooling ponds, awaiting a final burial site.

5.   Opponents of the project agree that the dry casks are somewhat safer, but question assertions that these systems can withstand earthquakes.

6.   Spent fuel is sometimes stored in dry casks, sometimes in plain view, and the group contends that these casks can be vulnerable to explosives and other weapons.

7.   The group advocates storing spent fuel rods inside concrete boxes known as dry casks, a significantly more expensive alternative.

8.   The other way to store fuel is to put it in dry casks, massive concrete and steel boxes filled with inert gas.

9.   They are called dry casks to distinguish them from another common storage method, in which the waste is submerged in a pool of water.

10.   Proponents of the bill said some utilities are running out of storage space in waste pools and in some cases dry cask containers.