Holtec Government Services, LLC Partners with a Local Carlsbad, NM Manufacturer to Deliver Transportation Containers for Transuranic Waste to DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

The Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, following a rigorous procurement process, has established a supply contract with Holtec Government Services, a Holtec International subsidiary, for fabrication, testing and delivery of twelve HalfPACT Type B transportation containers for shipment of transuranic waste to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico. NFT-EPD, an experienced Carlsbad-based manufacturer, is the named subcontractor to Holtec Government Services on this project. 

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Buoyed by the Incentives for Clean Energy Storage and Generation in the Inflation Reduction Act, Holtec Ramps Up SMR-160 and Green Boiler Programs

We hail the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes landmark provisions to support deployment of nuclear power and other clean energy technologies.

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India’s Preeminent Nuclear Plant Owner, NPCIL, Orders Holtec’s High-Density Fuel Racks for Kudankulam’s Away-From-Reactor Storage Facility

We are pleased to report that Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), India’s sole nuclear plant owner and operator, has placed its first order for spent fuel and damaged fuel storage racks for its new away-from-reactor wet storage facility for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) with Holtec Asia, a Holtec subsidiary.

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A $7.4 Billion Nuclear Build Program Submitted to the Loan Programs Office of the DOE to Bring Forth the First Batch of SMR-160s and a Massive Expansion of Holtec’s Domestic Manufacturing Capacity

On March 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved Part I of Holtec International’s loan application for building small modular reactors (SMRs) and invited the company to apply for a federal loan to help build four SMR-160s and to expand the company’s manufacturing capacity to build the first wave of nuclear reactors in large numbers. 

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NRC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for Holtec’s Consolidated Interim Storage Facility 

We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for Holtec International’s proposed HI-STORE consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel in Southeastern New Mexico.

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Holtec Announces a New District Heating Technology to End Reliance on Gas

Holtec International today announces the HI-HEAT District Heater System that would end society’s reliance on burning gas, a notable contributor to environmental pollution, to heat homes and businesses around the world, especially the East European democracies desperately dependent on it during the winter months.

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All Non-Fuel Waste from Oyster Creek and Pilgrim Nuclear Plants Packaged and Placed in Environmentally-Sequestered Storage 

Holtec International is pleased to announce that, following the record-breaking defueling of the Oyster Creek and Pilgrim Nuclear spent fuel pools, both facilities’ high-level waste parts have been safely and successfully loaded into Holtec’s HI-SAFE storage systems and securely stored at the respective sites. 

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