Monthly Archives: May 2014

Civil Construction of the Underground Storage Facility (HI-STORM UMAX) at Callaway is Underway
Humboldt Bay hosts World’s First Underground Storage Facility by Holtec (2007)

Civil Construction of the Underground Storage Facility (HI-STORM UMAX) at Callaway is Underway

We are pleased to report that the construction of a 48-cavity HI-STORM UMAX storage facility at Ameren’s Callaway nuclear plant is proceeding apace. The photograph below shows the status of civil construction work. The first loading campaign, consisting of six MPC-37 canisters, is scheduled to begin in mid-June 2015. The site construction is expected to end in January 2015 and the dry run is scheduled for April-May 2015. (more…)

Holtec’s R&D Team Declares SMR-160 to be
 “Walk Away” Safe

Holtec’s R&D Team Declares SMR-160 to be
 “Walk Away” Safe

We are pleased to announce that Holtec's engineers have succeeded in designing SMR-160 into a "walk-away" safe nuclear power plant, which means that if a calamity were to strike, the plant will passively switch to and remain in a safe shutdown and cooled configuration for an unlimited period.

Ukraine’s Long Stalled Development of a Central Storage Facility for Used Fuel Gathers Momentum
Map of Ukraine Showing the Locations of the Rivne, Khmelnitsky, South Ukraine, and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Sites. The Central Spent Fuel Facility Will Be Located Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Ukraine’s Long Stalled Development of a Central Storage Facility for Used Fuel Gathers Momentum

Ukraine, Europe's third largest nuclear operator, has finally taken concrete steps to re-start its long stalled project to establish a domestic interim storage facility for housing its used fuel.