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Innovations and Improvements

PacTec SecurePac

for Lithium

Batteries and

Safe Storage

Innovations and Improvements

New

Zipper

For the Macro Bag

a generation ahead by design

Holtec & ELEA, LLC’s Vision for a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility

By: Pierre Oneid

Sr VP and Chief Nuclear Officer

C.I.S. A Partnership of Holtec and ELEA

for Consolidated Interim Storage


Why Consolidated Storage?

Holtec Overview

ELEA Overview

Holtec’s Proposed Technical Solution

Timeline

Conclusion

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Contents


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Some Storage Is In The Most Densely Populated Areas of U.S.

D&D Plant Sites Want to Turn Them Back To Green Fields

Transportation of SNF & HLW is Proven Safe—Thousands of Tons

Radioactivity Decreases Rapidly with Time. Gamma & Heat Decay

Breach of Contracts - DOE Required To Take SNF In 1998

‒ Settlement Fund Will Pay Out $20 Billion by 2020 From Treasury

‒ After 2020 Will Pay $500 Million Per Year Until CIS or Repository

Dispels Arguments There Are No Solutions For SNF

Why Consolidated Interim Storage?


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Established in USA since 1986

Annual Revenues: Over $500

Million USD

Backlog: 6.0 Billion USD

Over 1000 employees

No history of long-term debt

Self financed company growth –

D&B (5A2)

Power Generation Technologies

61 Patents plus 29 Pending

1,000,000 Square Feet of

Manufacturing-USA

Corporate Technology Center

Marlton, NJ

Headquarters

Jupiter, FL

Turtle Creek, PAOrrvilon, OH

Holtec International Company Overview


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Heat Transfer Equipment In-pool Spent Fuel Storage Racks

Spent Fuel and Non-Fuel Waste

Dry Storage and Transport Casks

Dry Spent Fuel Loading Equipment Vertical Air Cooled CondensersTechnical and Consulting Services

A Global Leader in Power Generation Technologies


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101 nuclear plants worldwide rely on Holtec’s dry storage technology

for their storage and transport needs; 59 domestic, 42 international

Holtec’s Worldwide Dry Storage and Transport Experience


Holtec’s Dry Storage &Transport Expertise

Holtec offers a complete line of equipment for dry fuel storage and transportation

101 plants worldwide (59 in the U.S.) are under contract for use of Holtec’s dry storage systems

Over 770 Holtec canisters have been successfully loaded

– This number grows by 70-90 canisters per year

Holtec’s experience includes PFS & Ukraine’s Central Storage

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Who is the EDDY-LEA Alliance?

Alliance of the Cities of Carlsbad &

Hobbs and the Counties of Eddy &

Lea

Formed Under the Local Economic

Development Act (LEDA) for

Economic Development Purposes

in 2006 & to Respond to Global

Nuclear Energy Partnership

(GNEP) Proposal from DOE

ELEA purchased 1,000 acres of

land approximately halfway

between Carlsbad and Hobbs, N.M.

for potential use


Why the ELEA Site?

Land studied extensively during Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) process

Remote location

Geologic stability

Dry area

Infrastructure present, including rail

Preexisting robust scientific and nuclear operations workforce

STRONG CONSENT FROM AREA

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Corrosion-Resistant

Stainless Steel Spent

Fuel Canister

Steel

Liner

Steel/Concrete

Lid

Reinforced Concrete

Base Mat

Reinforced Concrete

Top Pad

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Holtec’s Proposed Technical Solution

HI-STORM UMAX (Holtec International STORage Module Universal

MAXimum security)

Complete physical protection by storing the fuel below grade in

reinforced vertical silos


HI-STORM UMAX = Safe & Secure

Safety: Utilizes the sub grade

during storage for superior radiation

protection to workers and public and

to the stored contents from dangers

presented by earthquakes and other

extreme environmental phenomena

such as hurricanes, tornado borne

missiles, earthquakes, tsunamis

Security: The above ground

height of the HI-STORM UMAX is

below waste height making the

facility visibly inconspicuous &

provides a clear, unobstructed view

of the entire facility from any location

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HI-STORM UMAX ISFSI Location at San Onofre Site

HI-STORM UMAX has already been

constructed at Ameren Missouri's

Callaway Nuclear Plant

In December 2014, Southern

California Edison selected the HI-

STORM UMAX for storing the used

nuclear fuel from the

Decommissioned San Onofre NPP

HI-STORM UMAX was selected

because it is robust, can withstand

the enhanced earthquake

conditions, low sight line, and was

flexible in layout design

ISFSI

Completed HI-STORM UMAX ISFSI at Callaway

HI-STORM UMAX = Economical & Proven


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Letter of intent Submitted to NRC ……….Aug 3, 2015

Pre-Application Meeting with NRC………...Dec 1, 2015

Application Submittal to NRC……………….Jun 1, 2016

Safety Evaluation Report…………………….Oct 30, 2018

License Issued…………………………………Jan 30, 2019

Construction Phase I Begins………………..Apr 1, 2019

Operations Begin……………………………...Apr 1, 2020

Preliminary Licensing & Construction Schedule


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CIS is a viable short-term solution for SNF

The ELEA NM Site can be made available in Five years

There are no technical impediments

Holtec UMAX System is Certified by the NRC

Benefits to NM are measured in Revenues and Jobs

Conclusions

AREVA: Connecting the DotsWorld Leader in Nuclear Fuel and Waste Storage and

Transportation

Christopher Miller

Director, Business Development

AREVA Federal Services

AREVA: Offering expertise at every step in the process from storage to final disposal.

Discussion Topics

Used Fuel/Waste Storage Expertise and Innovation

Used Fuel/Waste Transportation

Advanced NUHOMS® EOS

High Burn-up Demonstration Project

Reusable Rail Transportation Cask

WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility

AREVA: Used Fuel/Waste Storage Expertise and Innovation

Loaded 1,000 used fuel storage systems worldwide with more than 900 in the U.S. at more than 30 sites

NUHOMS® horizontal system offers easy access, smooth and low dose transfer process, and lowest risk for transport off site

RAM Cask PLUS offers full processing, transport and final disposal of irradiated waste

Waste Control Specialists offering surest path to moving used fuel and irradiated waste to a consolidated interim storage site

AREVA: Storage and Logistics Experts

Transport casks

Dry storage casks

Rail

Road

Sea transport

Connections facilities

Transport management

Competitors and partners

AREVA: Used Fuel/Waste Transportation Experts

Transport 200 shipments of used fuel every year without incident

Only U.S. NRC-licensed transportation cask for canisterized high burn-up used fuel

Experts in fully-integrated rail, truck and ship transport of used fuel and irradiated materials worldwide

Leading research for state-of-the-art rail technologies for future U.S. transportation needs

NUHOMS® EOS System

TNUG 2015 – P 34

Advanced dry storage technology addresses lessons learned in the “Post Fukushima world.”

Proven, horizontal concept ensures robust margins for all beyond design basis events.

Above ground system enables ease of access either for monitoring long term or for moving canisters to an interim storage site.

Aging management built into the system.

NUHOMS® EOS available 2017

TNUG 2015 – P 35

NUHOMS® EOS 37PTH System

• 37 PWR fuel assemblies

• Max. planar average initial enrichment – 5 wt. % U-235

• Max. assembly average burnup – 62 GWD/MTU

• Min. cooling time – 3 Years

NUHOMS® EOS 89BTH System

• 89 BWR fuel assemblies

• Max. planar average initial enrichment – 4.80 wt. % U-235

• Max. assembly average burnup – 62 GWD/MTU

• Min. cooling time – 3 Years

NUHOMS® EOS System

High Burn-up Demonstration Project

Develop and conduct a full-scale test using High Burn-up Used (HBU) fuel (>45,000 MWd/MtU) to collect confirmatory data for extended dry cask storage of HBU fuel at plant sites.

High Burn-up Demonstration Project Participants

DOE Support from:

High Burn-up Demonstration Project Loading a modified TN-32B storage cask with high burn-up fuel at North

Anna’s fuel pool• Well characterized fuel (using Zircaloy-4, Zirlo, and M5-clad high burn-up fuels)• Cask outfitted with additional instrumentation for monitoring thermal data• License amendment required for lid design, high burn-up fuel and additional heat

load

Drying of the cask contents using typical process Cask will be housed at the utility’s dry cask storage site

• Gas sampling and initial temperature data collected before transferring out to the pad

Test Cask Location

TN-32B Cask Transport from PCC to CHT

Sister Rod Pulls

Reusable Rail Transportation Cask1.Develop conceptual reusable UNF rail-type transportation cask system for transport of:

a) Intact-bare PWR and BWR UNF

b) PWR and BWR UNF in Damaged Fuel Canisters (DFCs)

2.Develop cost estimate

3.Develop concept of operations

4. Identify maintenance requirements

5.Provide a trade study between two design concepts

6. Identify potential special features that could optimize:

a) Capacity

b) Cost

c) Maintenance

6625B-HB Cask Conceptual, reusable rail car transportation

cask developed for:

• 24 high burn-up PWR UNF assemblies or

• 61 high burn-up BWR UNF assemblies

• Bare UNF assemblies or UNF assemblies in DFCs

• Bounding high burn-up UNF

• Intact and limited number of damaged UNF assemblies

Transportation Restraints Package is secured during transport by the transportation skid

• saddles, tie-down straps, and a shear key

Shear key receptacle located mid-length, on bottom of cask• designed to react to all longitudinal loads encountered during

transportation

During transport the receptacle interfaces with the shear key attached to the transport skid

The shear key receptacle is filled with a neutron shield plug during site operations

Waste Control Specialists (WCS)WCS / AREVA / NAC“The Dream Team”

WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility

Surest path to Consolidated Interim Storage for sites in the U.S. Strong local, state and federal support for the project Rail access already exists Existing site already established to accept irradiated materials Environmental analyzed with storage of 40,000 MTHM for 40 years Initial SAR will include “tried and true” AREVA NUHOMS® and NAC

systems, representing more than 70% of used fuel from decommissioned sites

Licensing process has already started

WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Phase 1 Pad

Cask System(s)

NUHOMS® MP187 Cask

System

Advanced Standardized

NUHOMS® System

Standardized NUHOMS®

System

NAC-MPC

NAC-UMS®

MAGNASTOR®

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