Holtec International

Some of the heaviest hitters in New Mexico politics united this week to oppose construction of the interim spent fuel storage facility the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed Holtec International to operate in the state. Holtec has not said when it might begin building the facility, which under an NRC license granted Tuesday may operate for […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday licensed Holtec International to operate a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico, agency documents show. The proposed facility, which Jupiter, Fla.-based Holtec calls HI-STORE, may receive 8,680 metric tons of uranium, the equivalent of 500 canisters, “in the form of undamaged fuel assemblies, damaged […]

Holtec International’s cost estimate for decommissioning a Michigan nuclear power plant is justifiable, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff said recently in a review that did not touch on the state’s biggest gripes about the plan. Excluding unforeseen increases, Holtec, Jupiter, Fla., estimates it will cost about $644 million in 2020 dollars to safely bring down Palisades, […]

Construction continued on an expanded fuel storage facility at New York’s shuttered Indian Point Energy center, where a subcontractor started building a vehicle barrier system to protect 127 casks of spent fuel, decommissioning lead Holtec International said last week. Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., briefed the local Decommissioning Oversight Board about the development April 26 at […]

Construction continued on an expanded fuel storage facility at New York’s shuttered Indian Point Energy center, where a subcontractor started building a vehicle barrier system to protect 127 casks of spent fuel, decommissioning lead Holtec International said late last week. Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., briefed the local Decommissioning Oversight Board about the development on Thursday […]

Holtec Decommissioning International wants the state of Michigan to provide $300 million to restart the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, a state lawmaker confirmed Tuesday. State Rep. Pauline Wendzel (R), first reported as one of two sources of the information by the local Herald-Palladium, confirmed the figure in an email Tuesday to the Exchange Monitor. State Rep. Joey Andrews […]

Holtec Decommissioning International wants the state of Michigan to provide $300 million to restart the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, a state lawmaker confirmed Tuesday. State Rep. Pauline Wendzel (R), first reported as one of two sources of the information by the local Herald-Palladium, confirmed the figure in an email Tuesday to the Exchange Monitor. […]

Holtec will delay decommissioning work at the shuttered Oyster Creek Generating Station in Ocean Township, N.J., citing financial and operational factors, the company told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently. In an annual decommissioning funding report, posted online Wednesday by NRC and dated March 31, Holtec, Jupiter, Fla., said it would delay cutting up the shuttered […]

Holtec recently filed a permit modification request with the Environmental Protection Agency aimed at assuaging the agency’s reservations about whether the company is allowed to discharge irradiated wastewater into Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted Holtec’s permit modification request, and some supporting documents, online this week. The company filed the request […]

Holtec Decommissioning International will participate in but not pay for an independent study of discharging wastewater from the shuttered Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts into Cape Cod bay, the company told the state’s junior U.S. senator Friday. “We believe your independent panel will confirm the scientific facts to inform the public,” the company wrote […]

The chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was preparing a response to a request by the governor of New Mexico that the commission stop working on a license for a proposed interim storage site in the state. That’s according to a letter the NRC sent to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) on Friday. The NRC […]

A New York town downstream from a shuttered nuclear power plant passed a resolution asking state lawmakers to make a proposed ban against discharging radioactive wastewater in the state stricter. The five-member Greenburgh Town Board approved the resolution over the weekend. The town in Westchester County, N.Y., over the northern border of the city borough of the […]

New Mexico on Friday legalized a ban on the storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state, potentially complicating Holtec International’s proposal to build a spent-fuel storage depot there. On Friday, the state House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 53 by a margin of 35 to 28. Gov. Michelle Lujan (D) signed the bill the […]

Citing a lack of resources, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday delayed its decision to license a proposed commercial interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel by up to two months. NRC delivered the news in a letter to Kimberly Manzione, Holtec International’s director of licensing, from the agency’s Bernard White, who signed the missive […]

Holtec Decommissioning International this week pitched the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on restarting the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan via a license amendment request, according to company documents posted online Monday. It was the first time the company, which wants to find a buyer to reopen and operate Palisades if suitable federal subsidies can be […]

Holtec Decommissioning International this week pitched the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on restarting the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan via a license amendment request, according to company documents posted online Monday. It was the first time the company, which wants to find a buyer to reopen and operate Palisades if suitable federal subsidies can be […]

Citing a lack of resources, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday delayed its decision to license a proposed commercial interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel by up to two months.  NRC delivered the news in a letter to Kimberly Manzione, Holtec International’s director of licensing, from the agency’s Bernard White, who signed the missive […]

New Mexico on Friday legalized a ban on the storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state, potentially complicating Holtec International’s proposal to build a spent-fuel storage depot there. On Friday, the state House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 53 by a margin of 35 to 28. Gov. Michelle Lujan (D) signed the bill the […]

A bill that would broadly prohibit storage of spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico was set up for a final vote in the New Mexico legislature on the final day of the session. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee of the New Mexico House of Representatives passed an amended version of Senate Bill 53, “Storage […]

A bill that would broadly prohibit storage of spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico is set up for a final vote in the New Mexico legislature with only days to go before the end of the session. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee of the New Mexico House of Representatives passed an amended version of […]

State legislation that would ban storage of high-level radioactive waste in New Mexico was scheduled for a final committee vote on Wednesday. Senate Bill 53, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D) was on the agenda for a Wednesday meeting of the New Mexico House Judiciary Committee, which was scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. […]

Even as the Department of Energy this week opened the door for a shuttered Michigan nuclear plant to qualify for its billion-dollar bailout program, the company aiming to restart the facility said it would look for federal funding elsewhere. Holtec International, which owns Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, applied for a DOE loan last week with […]

PHOENIX — A New Mexico bill could put Holtec International’s proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in that state in jeopardy, a company official said here this week. “Despite all the efforts and resources used to inform and educate the public and organizations [on the proposed HI-STORE interim storage site], there is currently […]

PHOENIX — A New Mexico bill could put Holtec International’s proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in that state in jeopardy, a company official said here Monday. “Despite all the efforts and resources used to inform and educate the public and organizations [on the proposed HI-STORE interim storage site], there is currently legislation […]

A bill intended to check a proposed private interim storage facility for spent nuclear in New Mexico got a step closer to the governor’s desk last week. New Mexico’s House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee, in a 6-3 vote Saturday, approved the proposed measure, which would amend state law to prohibit the storage of […]

A New York state legislator on Friday brought forward a bill that, if made law, would prevent the company decommissioning a shuttered nuclear plant there from discharging radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River. The measure introduced by State Sen. Peter Harckham (D), would amend state law to make it illegal “to throw, drain, run or […]

The company in charge of decommissioning a shuttered New York nuclear power plant has finished packing spent fuel from one of the facility’s three reactors into storage canisters, a senior official said last week. Holtec International wrapped up fuel loading operations at Indian Point Energy Center’s Unit 2 reactor Feb. 1, site vice president Rich […]

The company in charge of decommissioning a shuttered New York nuclear power plant has finished packing spent fuel from one of the facility’s three reactors into storage canisters, a senior official said last week. Holtec International wrapped up fuel loading operations at Indian Point Energy Center’s Unit 2 reactor Feb. 1, site vice president Rich […]

In yet another setback for opponents of two proposed private interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel, a second federal court has dismissed the state of New Mexico’s lawsuit over the projects, court filings show. In a ruling published Feb. 10, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that state Attorney General Hector Balderas’s suit […]

Two anti-nuclear groups said this week that they would try to use a federal public records law to get the original version of Holtec International’s heavily-redacted plan to restart a shuttered Michigan nuclear power plant. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tuesday by lawyers for Beyond Nuclear and […]