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…)