24 May 2021
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The final canister containing used fuel has been removed from the storage pool of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey, USA, and placed in an on-site dry storage facility. Holtec International said the plant s defuelling - completed in just 32 months following the plant s permanent shutdown - has set a new world record.
Oyster Creek (Image: Exelon)
The last multi-purpose canister containing Oyster Creek s irradiated fuel was placed in dry storage on 21 May, completing the operation to remove all fissile material from the plant s reactor building. Holtec ultimately intends to ship the site s used fuel to the HI-STORE consolidated interim storage facility it is licensing in New Mexico, but in the meantime the used fuel will remain stored on the Oyster Creek site.
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(NucNet) Holtec International announced this week it is considering building a next-generation small modular reactor (SMR) at the site of the former Oyster Creek nuclear power station in New Jersey. Holtec is currently carrying out the D&D work at the closed nuclear reactor.
It owns the site which was a 619-MW GE BWR unit that began commercial operation in 1969 and was shut down in September 2018. The plant was hounded into early retirement 10 years earlier than as provided for in its NRC license by then NJ Governor Chris Christie.