casks

Without a permanent storage place, the NRC has allowed nuclear-plant operators to store spent fuel either in enclosed, steel-lined concrete pools of water, or in steel or reinforced-concrete containers, known as casks.

Storage of Nuclear Waste Gets New Scrutiny Stephen Power 2011

At the plant, spent fuel rods are stored in 180-ton steel and reinforced concrete containers called casks, and they are placed on seismically engineered cement pads inside the site's security perimeter.

New York Sues to Stop Storage of Nuclear Rods Devlin Barrett 2011

The assumption has been that the casks are the safest storage technology until a permanent repository can be built.

The Center for Public Integrity: Nuclear miscalculation: Why regulators miss power plant threats from quakes and storms The Center for Public Integrity 2011

"We don't have a consistent policy on literally things like the size of casks, which is very important," added David Lochbaum, director of the Nuclear Safety Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Senators Press Regulator on Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Ryan Tracy 2011

The Balvenie has been making whisky since the late 1800s, but in recent years they've become known for their limited edition bottlings, in which they "finish" aging a whisky (generally for several months) in barrels (also known as casks) that have housed various other wines or spirits, including port, sherry and Madeira.

Tony Sachs: Single Malt Scotch Makes A Singular Holiday Gift For Your Loved Ones (Or Yourself) Tony Sachs 2010

The Balvenie has been making whisky since the late 1800s, but in recent years they've become known for their limited edition bottlings, in which they "finish" aging a whisky (generally for several months) in barrels (also known as casks) that have housed various other wines or spirits, including port, sherry and Madeira.

Tony Sachs: Single Malt Scotch Makes A Singular Holiday Gift For Your Loved Ones (Or Yourself) Tony Sachs 2010

The casks are another material object, and if musty, or any other bad smell, one end should be taken out, and with shavings burn the inside; then scrub them clean, and put in the head, scald them well afterwards, and drain them perfectly; when dry, bung them tight and keep them in a cool shady place until wanted for use.

The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States Samuel McHarry

The weight of some of the casks was a little over eight hundred pounds.

Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1877

Our casks were the least loss we felt by these people leaving us: While they remained, we were generally well supplied with fish at a small expence.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784

Our casks were the least loss we felt by these people leaving us: While they remained, we were generally well supplied with fish at a small expence.

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 James Cook 1753