Holtec International
A nuclear technology company specializing in used fuel storage and transport and decommissioning services, and the company restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant.
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
NRC accepts Holtec’s SMR partial construction permit application
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted the first part of a Holtec International subsidiary’s construction permit application for review, according to Holtec’s Wednesday LinkedIn post. NRC said in a Feb. 13 letter it has completed the acceptance review for the permit, submitted Dec. 31 by Holtec’s SMR, LLC.. Along with the first part of […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
NRC receives partial construction permit application for Holtec’s SMRs
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received the first stage of a Holtec subsidiary’s two-part construction permit application for two small modular reactors (SMRs) at Palisaded nuclear power plant in Michigan. NRC is reviewing the application to see if it is complete. If so, the application will then be docketed for a detailed technical review […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
NRC receives partial construction permit application for Holtec’s SMRs
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received the first stage of a Holtec subsidiary’s two-part construction permit application for two small modular reactors (SMRs) at Palisaded nuclear power plant in Michigan. NRC is reviewing the application to see if it is complete. If so, the application will then be docketed for a detailed technical review […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec lands contract to build used fuel facilities for Taiwan Power
Holtec International has landed a Taiwan Power Co. contract to build indoor dry spent fuel storage facilities at both the Chinshan and Kuosheng plant sites, Holtec said Monday. The work at these four boiling water reactor (BWR) units bring Holtec’s global dry storage client roster to 155 worldwide, according to Holtec’s Monday press release. “This […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec lands contract to build used fuel facilities for Taiwan Power
Holtec International has landed a Taiwan Power Co. contract to build indoor dry spent fuel storage facilities at both the Chinshan and Kuosheng plant sites, Holtec said Monday. The work at these four boiling water reactor (BWR) units bring Holtec’s global dry storage client roster to 155 worldwide, according to Holtec’s Monday press release. “This […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec lands contract to build used fuel facilities for Taiwan Power
Holtec International has landed a Taiwan Power Co. contract to build indoor dry spent fuel storage facilities at both the Chinshan and Kuosheng plant sites, Holtec said Monday. The work at these four boiling water reactor (BWR) units bring Holtec’s global dry storage client roster to 155 worldwide, according to Holtec’s Monday press release. “This […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Holtec, TVA split $800M in DOE support for SMRs
Holtec and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will each receive $400 million from the Department of Energy to support early deployments of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs), DOE said Tuesday. The federal cost-shared funding will help advance early SMR projects in Tennessee and Michigan, DOE said in a press release. The financial support helps […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Holtec, TVA split $800M in DOE support for SMRs
Holtec and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will each receive $400 million from the Department of Energy to support early deployments of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs), DOE said Tuesday. The federal cost-shared funding will help advance early SMR projects in Tennessee and Michigan, DOE said in a press release. The financial support helps […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Holtec, TVA split $800M in DOE support for SMRs
Holtec and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will each receive $400 million from the Department of Energy to support early deployments of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs), DOE said Tuesday. The federal cost-shared funding will help advance early SMR projects in Tennessee and Michigan, DOE said in a press release. The financial support helps […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Beyond Nuclear asks court to put brakes on Holtec Palisades restart
Beyond Nuclear has filed suit in federal court in Michigan trying to slam the brakes on Holtec’s restart of the 800-megawatt Palisades nuclear power plant. Together with Don’t Waste Michigan and Michigan Safe Energy Future, Beyond Nuclear asked a U.S. District Court in the Western District of Michigan for an injunction blocking the restart approved […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Utah selects Brigham City to become nuclear hub
Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced Monday that Brigham City, Utah was selected to host small modular reactors (SMR) and manufacturing and training facilities. Hi Tech Solutions and Holtec International have teamed up with Utah to make Brigham City “a hub for Utah’s nuclear renaissance,” according to their joint press release. The proposed project for Brigham […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Round Up: Holtec completes ISFSI transfer; Ohio creates $100 million energy fund; BEA looks for office space for INL; Deep Fission announces new COO
Holtec announced Nov. 5 that the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant has swiftly completed transferring its spent nuclear fuel from wet-to-dry storage. St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, operated by NextEra’s subsidiary Florida Power & Light, loaded up 12 of Holtec’s HI-STORM FW cask systems, transferring spent fuel from the plant’s spent fuel pool to the independent spent […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Group challenges NRC license for Holtec storage
Beyond Nuclear has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license that could allow Holtec International to develop a waste storage site in New Mexico, although Holtec says it no longer plans to do so. Beyond Nuclear has filed what is known as a writ of certiorari and asked the […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Group challenges NRC license for Holtec storage
Beyond Nuclear has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license that could allow Holtec International to develop a waste storage site in New Mexico, although Holtec says it no longer plans to do so. Beyond Nuclear has filed what is known as a writ of certiorari and asked the […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Group challenges NRC license for Holtec storage
Beyond Nuclear has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license that could allow Holtec International to develop a waste storage site in New Mexico, although Holtec says it no longer plans to do so. Beyond Nuclear has filed what is known as a writ of certiorari and asked the […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Holtec receives fuel for Palisades restart
Holtec International said this week that restart of the Palisades nuclear plant in Covert, Mich., is “imminent” following delivery of 68 nuclear fuel assemblies. “The fuel was fabricated domestically by a highly respected nuclear fuel manufacturer that has supplied Palisades and others in the nuclear industry for decades,” Holtec said in a Monday news release. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec drops New Mexico interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility
Holtec International has canceled plans to build an interim nuclear waste storage facility in New Mexico, months after an U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made way for such projects in New Mexico and Texas. “After discussions with our longtime partner in the HI-STORE project, the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance [ELEA], and due to the untenable path […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Holtec receives fuel for Palisades restart
Holtec International said Monday that restart of the Palisades nuclear plant in Covert, Mich., is “imminent” following delivery of 68 nuclear fuel assemblies. “The fuel was fabricated domestically by a highly respected nuclear fuel manufacturer that has supplied Palisades and others in the nuclear industry for decades,” Holtec said in a Monday news release. Holtec […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Holtec drops N.M. interim storage plan; DNFSB reports on Y-12 emergency system; Charter extended for radiation panel
Holtec International has canceled plans to build an interim nuclear waste storage facility in New Mexico, months after an U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made way for such projects in New Mexico and Texas. “After discussions with our longtime partner in the HI-STORE project, the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance [ELEA], and due to the untenable path […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Federal court allows Holtec’s Indian Point plant to dispose of radioactive water into Hudson River
Holtec International can release around 45,000 gallons of radioactive water into the Hudson River from the shuttered Indian Point plant after a federal court shot down a New York environmental law. In the Sept. 24 ruling, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas of the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of Holtec over the […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec drops New Mexico interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility
Holtec International has canceled plans to build an interim nuclear waste storage facility in New Mexico, months after an U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made way for such projects in New Mexico and Texas. “After discussions with our longtime partner in the HI-STORE project, the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance [ELEA], and due to the untenable path […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
With sixth restart loan; DOE’s Palisades backing reaches $491M
With being on the verge of restarting, Holtec’s Palisades nuclear plant has been awarded its sixth reimbursement loan by the Department of Energy worth $155.9 million. The sixth loan portion comes a month after the fifth loan guarantee was distributed, which was worth $83.2 million. DOE has now issued $491 million to the Palisades plant […]
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International
UK and US envision ‘golden age’ of nuclear power through deals
Nuclear energy deals between U.S. and UK companies were signed this week after President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a memorandum of understanding to usher in a “golden age” of nuclear power, the countries said. Trump visited the United Kingdom from Tuesday to Thursday. The agreements between the UK and U.S. […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
With sixth restart loan; DOE’s Palisades backing reaches $491M
With being on the verge of restarting, Holtec’s Palisades nuclear plant has been awarded its sixth reimbursement loan by the Department of Energy worth $155.9 million. The sixth loan portion comes a month after the fifth loan guarantee was distributed, which was worth $83.2 million. DOE has now issued $491 million to the Palisades plant […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Holtec teams up with European companies to deploy SMR-powered data center at old coal plant site
Holtec International, EDF UK and Tritax Management have agreed to collaborate to deploy a data center and small modular reactor at a retired coal site in Nottinghamshire, England. According to a joint press release, the three companies intend to formalize their collaboration through a memorandum of understanding. The three companies intend to develop a one […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC to hold public meeting for Oyster Creek License Termination Plan
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a hybrid meeting on Sept. 17 to discuss Holtec Decommissioning International’s licensing termination plan for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generation Station in New Jersey. The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time at Lacey Township Municipal Building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC to hold public meeting for Oyster Creek License Termination Plan
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a hybrid meeting on Sept. 17 to discuss Holtec Decommissioning International’s licensing termination plan for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generation Station in New Jersey. The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time at Lacey Township Municipal Building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Palisades plant returns to operational status
After three years in decommissioning, the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan is on the brink of restarting, Holtec announced Tuesday. According to Holtec’s Tuesday press release, Palisades was granted operational status by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday. The Michigan nuclear plant is the first U.S. plant to move from decommissioning back to operational status, […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Palisades plant returns to operational status
After three years in decommissioning, the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan is on the brink of restarting, Holtec announced Tuesday. According to Holtec’s Tuesday press release, Palisades was granted operational status by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Monday. The Michigan nuclear plant is the first U.S. plant to move from decommissioning back to operational […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Holtec looks to deploy four small modular reactors at Oyster Creek
Holtec executives advocate to New Jersey lawmakers for a new nuclear and solar hybrid power plant at a decommissioning nuclear site in Lacey Township, N.J. amid a growing energy demand. Holtec CEO Kris Singh and president Kelly Trice testified at a joint session of New Jersey’s Senate Environment and Energy Committee and Assembly Environment, Natural […]







