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HI-STORE CISF:A Consolidated Interim Storage Facility forUsed Nuclear Fuel in Southeast New MexicoBy: Ed MayerProgram Director, HI-STORE CISFJune 2019
Consolidated Interim StorageTopicsAbout Holtec InternationalNuclear Fuel and How it’s StoredConsolidated Interim StorageHI-STORE: Holtec’s Consolidated Interim Storage FacilityTransportationwww.holtec.com Page 2
About Holtec International?Largest US exporter for capital equipmentsupporting the nuclear industry116 nuclear plants worldwide: 65 domestic,51 internationalOver 60,000 SNF assemblies loaded intoHoltec Dry Cask Storage/Transport Systems1,200 Holtec supplied systems are loadedOrders booked for future deliveries: 5.0BHighest industrial credit rating [D&B-1R2]No history of long-term debtFinancially strong with self-financed R&Dwww.holtec.com Page 3A vertically integrated turnkeysupplier of goods and services tothe power generation industrysince in 1986
Core BusinessActivitiesSafe & Secure UsedFuel StorageHeat TransferEquipmentSMR-160 DeliveryDecommissioning ofRetired Nuclear PlantsConsolidated InterimStoragewww.holtec.com Page 4
Holtec’s Worldwide Dry Storage andTransport Experiencewww.holtec.com Page 5
Nuclear Fuel & How it is Storedwww.holtec.com Page 6
How Nuclear Fuel is StoredWet Storagewww.holtec.com Page 7Dry Storage
Storage Locations in the USwww.holtec.com Page 8
Consolidated Interim StorageSafe: The spent fuel storage system is designed andbuilt to withstand natural and man-made eventswith no release of radioactivitySecure: The spent fuel storage system and thefacility provide an impregnable fortress forprotecting the spent fuel against even the mostegregious attacksRetrievable : Allows removal of used fuel canistersfrom the facility to the final repository in one shiftTemporary: The canisters containing the spentnuclear fuel will be shipped off site to the DOEfacility in the same manner they were shipped tothe sitewww.holtec.com Page 9
HI-STORE CISF: ELEA Holtec PartnershipEddy-Lea Energy AllianceLong-standing NM allianceOwners are: Counties of Eddy & Lea Cities of Carlsbad & HobbsFormed in 2006 under the NM Local EconomicDevelopment ActHoltec & ELEA Team – Public PrivatePartnership formed in 2016ELEA owns the property. Holtec has landpurchase agreement.Holtec funding licensing.Robust scientific & nuclear workforceWIPPURENCOwww.holtec.com Page 10Future HI-STORE CISF
HI-STORE CISF UtilizesHI-STORM UMAX TechnologyMaximizes safety & securityStores used nuclear fuel in strengthwelded canisters in below groundvertical silosReinforcedConcrete TopPadProduces no pollutionRequires no water. Does not emit anywater or chemicalIt makes no noiseStainlessNo aquifers or ground water will beSteel SpentFuel CanisteraffectedThe radiation dose at the site’sprotected boundary will be a smallfraction of the cosmic radiation in thestate every single daywww.holtec.com Page 11Steel/Concrete LidSteel ete BaseMat
HI-STORM UMAX Construction12www.holtec.com Page 12
Controlled Low-Strength Material13www.holtec.com Page 13
Pours Complete14www.holtec.com Page 14
Rebar for Top Pad15www.holtec.com Page 15
HI-STORM UMAX Loaded16www.holtec.com Page 16
HI-STORE Site LayoutCask TransferBuildingSecurityBuildingInitial Storage Capacity 500 canistersTotal Storage Capacity 10,000 canistersFacility utilizes 500 of the 1,000 acresavailableOperations could commence by 2023www.holtec.com Page 17HI-STORMUMAXAdminBuilding
Phase 1 – 500 HI-STORM UMAXswww.holtec.com Page 18
Transport to HI-STORE CISFHI-STORE CISF 3.8 miles west BNSF spurLocal area has well-developed rail infrastructure.Transportation rail car transferred to newly constructed rail spur alongState Highway 243. Transportation casks remain on rail car until HI-STORECISF.www.holtec.com Page 19
Transport to HI-STORE CISFSpent nuclear fuel will arrive at the HI-STORE CISF by railRobust and safe transport casks using specialty designed railcarsTransportation of radioactive material including Spent Nuclear Fuelis strictly regulatedThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Department ofTransportation (DOT)Two transport casks designed and licensed with the NRC by HoltecInternational will be usedHI-STAR 190 (licensed) and HI-STAR 100MB (pending)www.holtec.com Page 20
Transport to HI-STORE CISFTransport casks are designedand fabricated to safelyconfine the fuel and shieldworkers and the public fromradiationMultiple layers of steel, lead,and other materialsInside the cask, the usedfuel, in solid form, iscontained in another sealedcanisterFully loaded casks weigh 125tons or more for railshipmentswww.holtec.com Page 21Holtec Transport Cask
Cask Design Robust & Proven SafeRobustly designed to protect the public from releases ofradioactive material in the unlikely event of an accidentMust demonstrate to survive four successive accidentconditions involving free drop, puncture, fire, andsubmersion in water before being certifiedwww.holtec.com Page 22
HI-STORE Site-Specific License TimelineApplication submitted to USNRC:Application accepted by USNRC:RAI #1 received 4 of 5 parts:Response to RAI #1 part 1 & half of 2:NRC ASLB Oral Arguments:Response to RAI #1 part 2 remainder:Response to RAI #1 part 3:Response to RAI #1 part 4:RAI #1 part 5 expected:RAI #2 (if needed):NRC completes review:www.holtec.com Page 23March 2017March 2018various times in 2018May & November 2018January 23-24, 2019January 31, 2019March 30, 2019March 15, 2019August 2019late 2019Fall 2020
HI-STORE Construction TimelinePending Agreement w/DoE and/or Nuclear Utilities and/or others:Construction Start:2021Construction Complete:2024Accept First Shipment:2024www.holtec.com Page 24
Questions?www.holtec.com Page 25
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27.06.2019 · Highest industrial credit rating [D&B-1R2] No history of long-term debt Financially strong with self-financed R&D A vertically integrated turnkey supplier of goods and services to the power generation industry since in 1986. www.holtec.com Page 4 Core Business Activities Safe & Secure Used Fuel Storage Heat Transfer Equipment SMR-160 Delivery Decommissioning of Retired Nuclear Plants .
