As of this month, 1,000 dry storage casks built by Holtec International have been filled with spent nuclear reactor fuel.
The New Jersey-based nuclear waste management provider said Thursday it reached the milestone in the prior week when Exelon’s LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station in Illinois filled a third cask in an ongoing program to move spent fuel into dry storage.
Exelon alone has filled 224 Holtec containers with fuel at its nuclear power facilities. The LaSalle site program involves the HI-STORM 100 dry cask storage system.
“We are proud to support Exelon in completion of Holtec cask number 1,000,” P.K. Chaudhary, Holtec senior vice president of operation, said in a press release. “Our commitment to dry fuel storage solutions began with Exelon when they loaded Holtec cask number 1, so it is more than appropriate for us to share this major milestone together as well. Holtec is dedicated to continuing our industry leadership in dry storage technology and in teaming with partners to meet their fuel storage needs.”
