The key risk of storing spent fuel at reactor sites is radiation exposure from spent fuel that has caught fire when it is stored in a pool.

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And entrepreneurial celebrities stepping in to maintain control of--and profit from--their exposure only fuel things further.

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That, in turn, means more flexibility to control energy costs and reduced exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices.

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Large companies need ways to limit their exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices, which affect the price of electricity.

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That could have led to a loss of water and eventually to the exposure of the spent fuel rods to air, releasing radiation.

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At this point, FAST investors have had a nice ride and may want to look to strategically reduce their exposure in this stock, especially if you believe fuel prices will continue to rise.

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The fuel economy and biofuel boosts are designed to weaken the country's exposure to volatile oil prices.

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Last year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs decided that the link between air-borne dioxin (an ingredient in Agent Orange, and also a common air-borne pollutant emitted by waste incineration, some chemical manufacturing processes, cars and trucks, and other industrial sources that burn fuel) and diabetes was so strong, it compensated 270, 000 veterans for diabetes linked to dioxin exposure.

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