In late August, the Kewaunee nuclear power plant began storing spent nuclear fuel in dry casks on its 900-acre site about 35 miles southeast of Green Bay, Wise. With no more room for storage inside, workers had to move spent fuel into two dry casks that were transferred to concrete vaults.rnKewaunee joins dozens ofrnnuclear power plants in the U.S. that are now storing spent fuel on site in dry storage-with nowhere to go for the long-term. Spent nuclear fuel at U.S. nuclear power plants is stored primarily in water-filled pools and Nuclear Regulatory Commission-approved dry casks, ready to move to a permanent repository for nuclear waste.
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