Holtec International and the Eddy Lea Energy Alliance have partnered to establish an underground consolidated
interim storage facility in southeastern New Mexico.
But the fuel storage pool at Rokkasho, Japan's only commercial reprocessing plant, is nearly full, and a
planned interim storage facility at Mutsu has not started up yet.
In a letter dated February 28, 2018, the USNRC notified Holtec International of its affirmative acceptance review of the license application for the proposed consolidated
interim storage facility called HI - STORE CIS.
NAC has partnered with AREVA and Waste Control Specialists (WCS) in the development of a License Application for a
Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) for Used Nuclear Fuel at their facility in Andrews County, TX.
One possibility is to construct one or
more interim storage facilities to consolidate SNF in willing host communities to which the DOE could move SNF until a long - term geological SNF storage facility opens.
In the aftermath of Yucca's mothballing, the DOE has pursued a diverse strategy of nuclear waste management that includes tentative plans for
consolidated interim storage facilities, tests of deep boreholes as another possible long - term storage technique, and the development of «consent - based» siting protocols to gain support from municipal and state governments.
«Even under the rosiest scenario, it will take years to site and build
an interim storage facility.