The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Department of Energy, has, by law, the ultimate responsible for the transportation and final disposition of spent nuclear fuel. In support of this, Holtec International and its partner, the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance (ELEA), LLC, have launched the licensing of an autonomous consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) in southeastern New Mexico on land owned by ELEA, LLC. The facility, named HI-STORE CISF, will provide a significant step on the path to the Federal Government’s long standing obligation for disposition of used nuclear fuel by providing a safe, secure, temporary, retrievable, and centralized facility for storage of used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste until such time that a permanent solution is available. The principal goal of the HI-STORE CISF is to provide a site to aggregate the used nuclear fuel canisters presently stored across the country into one secure location.
