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Holtec Teams with Westinghouse to Strengthen its Dry Cask Services for U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
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Holtec Teams with Westinghouse to Strengthen its Dry Cask Services for U.S. Nuclear Power Plants

Holtec International and Westinghouse Electric Company today jointly announced they have signed a 10-year teaming agreement to provide pool-to-pad services to U.S. nuclear sites using Holtec’s dry cask spent fuel storage technology.

With this new teaming agreement, U.S. customers will benefit from Westinghouse’s experience as the industry leader in dry storage canister welding, coupled with Holtec as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service provider. The combination offers cross-qualified experienced crew members to meet the growing demand for dry storage resources. (more…)

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September 15, 2015
The Industry’s First Subterranean Canister Storage System: HI-STORM UMAX is Loaded at Callaway & Captain Ed Mayer to Head Holtec’s ELEA CIS Program Envisioned to be World’s largest HI-STORM UMAX Facility.
Vertical Cask Transporter Lowering the MPC-37 from the HI-TRAC Transfer Cask into the HI-STORM UMAX Subterranean Storage Cavity
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The Industry’s First Subterranean Canister Storage System: HI-STORM UMAX is Loaded at Callaway & Captain Ed Mayer to Head Holtec’s ELEA CIS Program Envisioned to be World’s largest HI-STORM UMAX Facility.

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September 9, 2015
Holtec Confers the “Energy Statesman” Award on the Legendary Nuclear Industry Leader, Oliver D. Kingsley Jr.
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Holtec Confers the “Energy Statesman” Award on the Legendary Nuclear Industry Leader, Oliver D. Kingsley Jr.

On August 11, 2015, President and CEO, Dr. Kris Singh, honored Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley Jr. (pictured below) with the “Energy Statesman” award, which is given to the most transformative figure in the nuclear power industry. The ceremony drew leadership of a majority of nuclear units in the U.S. as well as top executives from major architect engineers, constructors and the Nuclear Energy Institute. (more…)

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August 17, 2015
Holtec Submits HI-STAR 190 Universal Transport Cask to the USNRC for Certification under 10CFR71
HI-STAR 190 Transportation Cask with Impact Limiters
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Holtec Submits HI-STAR 190 Universal Transport Cask to the USNRC for Certification under 10CFR71

We are pleased to report that the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) on HI-STAR 190 was submitted to the USNRC on August 7, 2015. HI-STAR 190 is the intended transportation cask to ship loaded canisters from around the country to Holtec’s planned Consolidated Interim Storage facility in Southeast New Mexico (ELEA). HI-STAR 190 (pictorial rendering shown below) is designed to transport all Holtec MPCs (multi-purpose canisters) including the MPC containing the extra-long fuel used at South Texas Project and the soon to be burned AP-1000 fuel (essentially all spent fuel from western light water reactors (LWRs)). HI-STAR 190’s counterpart to transport used fuel from VVERs, termed HI-STAR 190M, is also in an advanced stage of development by Holtec. HI-STAR 190M will be used to transport Holtec’s multi-purpose canisters known as MPC-31 and MPC-85, which are designed to package used fuel from VVER-1000 and VVER-440 reactors, respectively. HI-STAR 190M will be submitted to Ukraine’s national regulator, State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU), for licensing under IAEA regulations. (more…)

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August 13, 2015
Commencement of Inactive Commissioning for the HI-STORM ISFSI at EDF Energy’s Sizewell B
The First HI-STORM Overpack and Two Multipurpose Canisters Arrive at the Sizewell B Site
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Commencement of Inactive Commissioning for the HI-STORM ISFSI at EDF Energy’s Sizewell B

We are pleased to announce that Great Britain's only PWR- Sizewell B- has received agreement from the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) to begin the inactive commissioning process (called "dry runs" in the U.S.) to prove out the dry storage implementation steps.

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August 12, 2015
Holtec Awarded Contract for Supply of Dual-Purpose Metal Casks for Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in South Africa
Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in South Africa; Photo by Bjorn Rudner
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Holtec Awarded Contract for Supply of Dual-Purpose Metal Casks for Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in South Africa

We are pleased to announce that Holtec has been awarded a contract for supply of the HI-STAR 100 dual-purpose metal casks for Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in South Africa. The contract between Eskom and Holtec was signed in May 2015, following a rigorous international bidding competition that lasted for over a year. Holtec will be supplying our proven HI-STAR 100 dual-purpose metal cask, designed for storage and transportation of Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) spent fuel assemblies. The HI-STAR 100 was first licensed for storage under 10CFR72 regulations in the United States in 1999, and for transport according to 10CFR71/TS-R-1 in 2000. In addition to the U.S. sites currently deploying the HI-STAR 100, Holtec has also licensed and supplied the HI-STAR 100 for the Spanish nuclear fleet where they will be put into service to transport fuel from the reactor-side storage facilities, to the central storage facility, currently under development by ENRESA. (more…)

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August 10, 2015
Holtec and Mitsubishi Electric Forge a Long-Term Partnership to Advance the SMR-160 Design Development Program
Holtec’s Small Modular Reactor, SMR-160
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Holtec and Mitsubishi Electric Forge a Long-Term Partnership to Advance the SMR-160 Design Development Program

We are pleased to announce that Holtec has partnered with the US subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. - to develop the instrumentation and control solution for the SMR-160.

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August 5, 2015
The Chernobyl Defueling Project, World’s Largest, Makes Major Strides
DWCs in Manufacturing Stations in the Fabrication Bay at the Holtec Manufacturing Division, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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The Chernobyl Defueling Project, World’s Largest, Makes Major Strides

The semi-annual meeting of the Assembly of Donors on July 16, 2015 in London heard Holtec and the Owner State Specialised Enterprise Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (SSE ChNPP) jointly present the latest status on the Chernobyl Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility (ISF-2) Project.

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August 3, 2015
Vermont Yankee Announces Selection of Holtec International’s HI-STORM 100 Cask System
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Vermont Yankee Announces Selection of Holtec International’s HI-STORM 100 Cask System

This Holtec Highlight reflects the July 13, 2015 announcement submitted by Martin Cohn, Senior Communications Specialist, Vermont Yankee and published by The Recorder of Greenfield, Mass.

Entergy Vermont Yankee has selected the Holtec HI-STORM 100 dry storage system at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY) site. The Holtec HI-STORM 100 System is designed to contain up to 68 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) fuel assemblies and consists of a stainless steel multi-purpose canister (MPC) with a welded baseplate and lid, which is placed inside a coated carbon steel and concrete overpack that is placed on a concrete pad for storage. (more…)

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July 27, 2015
Groundbreaking Ceremony Marks the Beginning of the Rise of the Holtec Technology Campus on the Delaware Waterfront, in Camden, NJ
Groundbreaking Participants from left to right: Mr. Kevin Castagnola (Executive Director & CEO of SJ Port Corp.); Richard Alaimo (Chairman of SJ Port Corp.); Mr. Pierre Oneid (Senior V.P. and Chief Nuclear Officer of Holtec); Mr. William Levis (President & Chief Operating Officer of PSEG); NJ State Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez; U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross; NJ Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno; Dr. Kris Singh (President & Chief Executive Officer of Holtec); Camden Mayor Dana Redd; Mr. Frank Moran (City of Camden Council President); Mr. Louis Cappelli (Camden County Freeholder Director); Mr. Joseph Jingoli (CEO of Joseph Jingoli & Son); Mr. PK Chaudhary (Holtec Senior V.P. of Operations); Mr. Allen Hickman (Holtec V.P. of Manufacturing and Supply)
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Groundbreaking Ceremony Marks the Beginning of the Rise of the Holtec Technology Campus on the Delaware Waterfront, in Camden, NJ

On July 1, 2015, local and state officials and over 200 community leaders and stakeholders attended the groundbreaking of the new Holtec Technology Campus.

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July 7, 2015