AREVA Container Under NRC Review

AREVA TN’s EOS (Extended Optimized Storage) System license application could receive Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval as early as 2016, the company announced yesterday. The new EOS system is an evolution of AREVA’s NUHOMS extended spent nuclear fuel storage containers, holding up 89 BWR fuel assemblies. The company said that the NRC formally accepted its letter of application. “We are pleased that our high capacity, advanced EOS will be ready for first deliveries in 2017,” AREVA TN Senior Vice President Greg Vesey said in a statement. “Our horizontal storage system continues to evolve with innovative aging management features and industry-best shielding and seismic capabilities.” AREVA indicated that this upgrade would help serve as the container used in a potential interim storage facility.