Holtec gets NRC go-ahead for US used nuclear fuel store
13 July 2023
Holtec International has received the final licence from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for construction and operation of a waste storage facility in Lea County, southeast New Mexico. The site will temporarily store nuclear waste from nuclear power plants across the USA.
The HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) will be built on land provided by the Eddy Lea Energy Alliance (ELEA), a regional economic development authority. Holtec said this was “the culmination of an eight-year process” for an “inherently safe below-ground storage system called the HI-STORM UMAX”.
