July 2016

Read more about the article Safety Analysis to Store the NUHOMS Canister in the HI-STORM UMAX Subterranean System, Critical to Making it a Universal Storage Facility, Completed

Solidworks™ Rendering of the Canister Handling Apparatus

Safety Analysis to Store the NUHOMS Canister in the HI-STORM UMAX Subterranean System, Critical to Making it a Universal Storage Facility, Completed

We are pleased to announce the completion of the design and safety analysis effort to enable the NUHOMS 24PT1-DSC canister to be up-righted and stored in the HI-STORM UMAX subterranean storage system in the vertical orientation. Analyses using NRC-approved simulation methods show that various safety margins either remain the same or are increased when the canister is translocated in HI-STORM UMAX. This effort was undertaken to unify the storage of all canister types in Holtec’s ultra-safe consolidated interim storage facility, known as HI-STORE, at the proposed ELEA site in New Mexico. Its successful execution opens the path to store all of the nation’s used fuel and other high level waste in a single inaccessible-to-terror configuration. Of course, this work can also be used to move a stored canister from NUHOMS to HI-STORM UMAX at an existing ISFSI for improved aging management, reduced accreted dose or security enhancement purposes. The principal ancillary needed to make the transfer from the horizontal to vertical storage is the “Canister Handling Apparatus” (perspective views shown below) designed to effectuate safe canister handling evolutions with ALARA. (more…)

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July 29, 2016

Read more about the article Turnkey Project for Deployment of Holtec’s HI-STORM Systems at Mexico’s Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Station Nears Completion

HI-STORM FW Systems on Completed ISFSI Pad at Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant

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Turnkey Project for Deployment of Holtec’s HI-STORM Systems at Mexico’s Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Station Nears Completion

We are pleased to report that Holtec’s turnkey project for installation and commissioning of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), at Mexico’s national utility, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant, is moving rapidly toward completion. Commencing with the contract signing in December of 2014, the Holtec and CFE project teams have completed all design and engineering, fabrication of major equipment and construction of the storage pad, as well as the Holtec’s patented subterranean Canister Transfer Facility (CTF), in just sixteen (16) months. The project is in the final stages of implementing the security systems to guard the ISFSI facility. (more…)

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July 23, 2016

Read more about the article “Topping-off” Ceremony Marks Completion of the Manufacturing Facility Structure at the Holtec Technology Campus on the Delaware Waterfront in Camden, NJ

Topping-off Ceremony Keynote Speakers Together Raise a Miniature Version of a Steel Girder From Left to Right: Camden Mayor Dana Redd; Commissioner Bob Martin (NJ Department of Environmental Protection); NJ Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno; Mr. William Levis (President and COO of PSEG); Dr. Kris Singh (President and CEO of Holtec)

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“Topping-off” Ceremony Marks Completion of the Manufacturing Facility Structure at the Holtec Technology Campus on the Delaware Waterfront in Camden, NJ

Topping-off Ceremony Keynote Speakers Together Raise a Miniature Version of a Steel Girder From Left to Right: Camden Mayor Dana Redd; Commissioner Bob Martin (NJ Department of Environmental Protection); NJ Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno; Mr. William Levis (President and COO of PSEG); Dr. Kris Singh (President and CEO of Holtec)

Senior local and New Jersey state officials, led by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, celebrated the “beam topping-off” ceremony, along with some 200 assembled county residents, members of the media and Holtec’s professionals hailing a major milestone for the Holtec Technology Campus (HTC). The last, approximately 115 foot-long girder, signed by most attendees, was hoisted into place completing the structural backbone of the Campus’ main fabrication plant. Holtec’s investment to build and equip the fifty-acre campus, now topping $300 million, has caused a boom in the local construction industry, which will evolve into long term jobs when the plant opens for business in less than a year. In addition to the Manufacturing Facility, construction is also progressing rapidly on the Corporate Engineering Office, a light Manufacturing Facility, a Small Modular Reactor test loop, and a number of ancillary amenities within the Campus. (more…)

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July 9, 2016

Camden Chronicles

Bringing World Class Machinery to Camden

May 19, 2016 was a momentous occasion at the Holtec Technology Campus in Camden, NJ. On that day, the first crane girder was installed – the drive girder for a 200 Ton crane (shown in motion). Assembly was complete on May 26, 2016. This crane, produced by DMAG, is the first of 12 cranes to be installed on the campus – 3 x 200 Ton cranes, 9 x 50 Ton cranes. A total lifting capacity of 1050 Tons! More than any other facility in New Jersey and possibly the United States. (more…)

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July 7, 2016