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New Plateaus in Dry Storage and Transport Technologies

New Plateaus in Dry Storage and Transport Technologies

We are pleased to report that the license application to store the NUHOMS 24PT1-DSC canister in the HI-STORM UMAX subterranean storage system has been submitted to the U.S. NRC on schedule.

Symbols of South Camden’s Renaissance Rising on the Riverfront

Symbols of South Camden’s Renaissance Rising on the Riverfront

We are pleased to note that the silhouettes of the buildings on the Holtec Technology Campus stand as monuments to Camden’s renaissance to the motorists on the Walt Whitman Bridge, Interstate 676 and from Penn’s Landing across the river.

“Holtec Arabia” Launched at the Semi-Annual Meeting of the Holtec Advisory Council in Warrendale, Pennsylvania
Dr. Kris Singh (Left) and Dr. Saeed Almutawa (Right) Sign the Joint Venture Agreement During the Holtec Advisory Council Meeting on August 3, 2016

“Holtec Arabia” Launched at the Semi-Annual Meeting of the Holtec Advisory Council in Warrendale, Pennsylvania

Senior officers of Atomic and Automation International signed an agreement with Holtec International to launch a joint venture to leverage Holtec’s technology assets to aid in the region’s industrialization.

Ukraine’s Nuclear Energy Chief Addresses the Atlantic Council
From Left to Right: Mr. Yuriy Nedashkovsky (President of the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine, Energoatom); Mr. John Herbst (Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center of the Atlantic Council); Dr. Kris Singh (President and CEO of Holtec)

Ukraine’s Nuclear Energy Chief Addresses the Atlantic Council

On August 1, 2016, President Yuriy Nedashkovsky of Ukraine’s National Nuclear Energy Company, Energoatom, was the featured luncheon guest at the Atlantic Council, a premier think tank in Washington of which Holtec International is a member.

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

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.

“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)

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

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.

Bringing World Class Machinery to Camden

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…)

Holtec’s HI-STORM FW Dry Cask Storage System Exceeds Expectations at TVA’s Sequoyah
Photo Left: Loaded HI-STORM FW Dry Storage Cask, Containing 37 Spent Fuel Assemblies Staged for Transport to the ISFSI Photo Right: Vertical Cask Transport (VCT) used to Transport the Cask

Holtec’s HI-STORM FW Dry Cask Storage System Exceeds Expectations at TVA’s Sequoyah

This issue is adapted from a TVA news bulletin and a subsequent piece published by Nuclear News, on April 21, 2016.

Holtec and Sequoyah’s dry cask team safely and successfully loaded five HI-STORM FW dry cask storage systems on schedule, while remaining below dose goals, with no human performance events, no injuries, and no personnel contaminations. This is the first time that Sequoyah has used Holtec’s HI-STORM FW dry-storage cask system. The dry cask team prepared for several weeks leading up to the fuel loading campaign by performing dry rehearsals, to ensure the equipment worked properly and the procedures were correct. (more…)

Holtec Technology Campus Rising out of the Ground

Holtec Technology Campus Rising out of the Ground

Since the groundbreaking ceremony for the Holtec Technology Campus (HTC) on July 1, 2015 the project has been moving at a rapid pace.  It took the Holtec / Joseph Jingoli and Sons construction team 4 months from that ceremony to transform the site of the historic New York Shipbuilding Corporation in preparation for the future – a state of the art campus, a center for technology innovation and manufacturing, employing Camden residents, with the hope of attracting other manufacturing companies to the area.  Holtec acknowledges and respects the past as we move into the future. (more…)