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Three Years!

We are pleased to report that Holtec International will submit a license amendment request (LAR) by Labor Day 2011 to enable the transfer of high burnup fuel with as little as three years cooling from the spent fuel pools into dry storage. This LAR will be submitted on the docket for Holtec’s HI-STORM FW MPC Storage System.  As we reported earlier (Holtec Highlights 26.09), the HI-STORM FW MPC Storage System received its initial Certificate of Compliance from the USNRC on June 13, 2011 (USNRC Docket No. 72-1032). The presently approved certificate contains one regionalized heat load pattern for the MPC-37 and one for the MPC-89 and focuses on plants that have a broad mix of “new” and “old” spent fuel assemblies in their spent fuel pools. (more…)

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June 24, 2011
Read more about the article HI-STORM FW’S Certification to be Effective on June 13
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HI-STORM FW’S Certification to be Effective on June 13

The HI-STORM FW (Flood & Wind) MPC Storage System has successfully completed the NRC’s safety review and rulemaking process, including the public comment period (a unique feature of licensing in the United States) and is scheduled to be certified for general use under 10 CFR 72 Subpart L on June 13, 2011. (more…)

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May 26, 2011
Read more about the article Expert Advisory Board For HI-SMUR 140 Established
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Expert Advisory Board For HI-SMUR 140 Established

Holtec International is pleased to announce our subsidiary SMR, LLC, has established a Technical Advisory Board consisting of national experts steeped in the design, operations, safety, and regulatory aspects of nuclear energy.

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May 9, 2011
Read more about the article Chernobyl Dry Storage Project Advances to the Last Phase
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Chernobyl Dry Storage Project Advances to the Last Phase

Holtec was given the release by the Ukraine's State Specialized Enterprise Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to begin the final phase of the dry storage project to complete the site's 100 year life facility that will store the 22,000 used fuel assemblies from Chernobyl Units 1, 2, and 3.

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March 11, 2011
Read more about the article Chernobyl’s Twelve-Year Long Quest to Place Used Nuclear Fuel in Dry Storage Clears a Critical Hurdle
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Chernobyl’s Twelve-Year Long Quest to Place Used Nuclear Fuel in Dry Storage Clears a Critical Hurdle

We are pleased to report that Holtec's technology to place Chernobyl's irradiated fuel in a storage facility with multiple barriers to ensure long-term environmental isolation has been approved by the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine and by all of the country's national institutions and ministries responsible for reviewing the application to protect public health and safety.

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October 21, 2010
Read more about the article In Memoriam Dr. Stanley Turner
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In Memoriam Dr. Stanley Turner

Dr. Stanley Turner I am overcome with grief as I announce to you the passing of our dear friend and colleague of over three decades, Dr. Stanley Turner. Dr. Turner, 84, breathed his last on August 8,…

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August 11, 2010
Read more about the article Energoatom Signs Contract Amendment to Advance Deployment of United States Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Systems
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Energoatom Signs Contract Amendment to Advance Deployment of United States Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Systems

The National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine “Energoatom” and the New Jersey-based company “Holtec International” signed an amendment to their 2005 contract for the certification, manufacturing, and testing of the Holtec International Dual Purpose Canister Spent Fuel Management System (HI-STORM 190) in Ukraine.

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April 1, 2008