The plant knows the state of its fuel in wet storage and only a small fraction of commercial nuclear fuel has been damaged during its burn in the reactor. If an assembly is thought to be too fragile to maintain its configuration during handling, it can still be loaded into dry storage systems, using special tooling designed and manufactured by Holtec to safely lift the used nuclear fuel assembly into the dry storage system. For any assembly that is damaged, additional special packaging is used within the dry storage system.
