WNN reports that Areva Inc is to take a lead role in designing, constructing and operating a proposed interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in Texas, after signing an agreement to be Waste Control Specialist (WCS) exclusive primary subcontractor. NAC International is to work alongside Areva to support the project.
Earlier this year, WCS notified the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that it intends to submit an application for an independent spent fuel storage installation licence by April 2016. The facility would be at Andrews in Texas, where WCS already operates two separately licensed disposal facilities for low-level radioactive wastes.
Areva Inc and NAC International are to work together to support the licensing, design, construction and operation of the CISF under a separate agreement signed by the two companies. Together, the two companies already account for 62 per cent of existing dry storage systems in the USA, including 78 per cent of used nuclear fuel stored at sites where there is no longer an operating nuclear facility. According to the companies, the agreement will ensure that the WCS facility can handle the majority of commercial used nuclear fuel and reactor-related used fuel and high-level waste already in dry storage at US sites while also leveraging their expertise in used nuclear fuel transportation.
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