La Crosse Tribune: A nuclear option: After 25 years, Genoa reactor’s waste gets new home

To shield the radiation, the fuel will be sealed in five stainless steel canisters with half inch thick walls and a honeycomb rack with boral “poison mats” to catch stray neutrons. Each canister weighs about 10 tons and cost upwards of $500,000. Loaded, it will tip the scales at 55,000 pounds.
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