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Holtec International
IndustryEnergy
Founded1986; 38 years ago (1986) in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, U.S.
FounderDr. Kris Singh
Headquarters
Jupiter, Florida
,
U.S.
Websiteholtecinternational.com

Holtec International is a supplier of equipment and systems for the energy industry.[1][2] Founded in Mount Laurel, New Jersey in 1986, Holtec International is a privately-held technology company with domestic operation centers in New Jersey, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania and worldwide in Brazil, India Japan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Spain, U.K. and Ukraine.[3] It specializes in the design and manufacture of parts for nuclear reactors. The company sells equipment to manage spent nuclear fuel from nuclear reactors.[4][5]

Holtec is the world leader in storage and transport casks used for spent nuclear fuel. It also specializes in Heat Transfer Equipment Equipment and Services, Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Facilities, Design and Engineering, Civil Construction, and other innovative technologies, including its SMR-300 and Green Boiler technologies. [6]

One other innovative project designed for the US nuclear power industry to safety store its used fuel is Holtec's HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF).[7]

In July 2014, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority awarded Holtec International a $260 million tax incentive to expand operations at the Port of Camden.[8] Those breaks have come under scrutiny.[9][10][11]

SMR-160

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The Holtec SMR-160, originally named the Holtec Inherently Safe Modular Underground Reactor, is a single loop natural circulation 160 MWe pressurized water reactor with a passive core cooling system without pumps or valves. It uses standard size PWR enriched uranium fuel.[12][13]

In February 2018, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy agreed to collaborate on the commercialization of the design.[14] In 2020 an agreement was made to use Framatome commercially available 17x17 GAIA fuel assembly in the SMR-160.[15]

As of 2020, the SMR-160 is in the first phase of a Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission pre-licensing review.[15]

In 2022, the company asked for a "USD 7.4 billion federal loan to enable it to increase capacity for SMR production at its existing manufacturing facilities, to construct and operate four SMR-160s in the USA and to build a new Holtec Heavy Industries (HHI) complex for higher capacity manufacturing of components and modules for SMR-160s."[16]

SMR-300

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In December 2023, Holtec announced that it intended to build the first two SMR-300 small modular reactor at Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan by mid-2030. The SMR-300 adds forced coolant flow to the gravity-driven flow of the SMR-160.[17]

In December 2023, the British government awarded £30 million to Holtec to develop its SMR presence in the UK, where it is one of 6 competitors for an SMR contract.[18] At the same time, the SMR-300 (previously sometimes called the SMR-160+) entered the UK Generic Design Assessment process.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ DiStefano, Joseph N. (July 10, 2014). "NJ approves $260M in tax breaks for Holtec Camden factory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "Holtec International - Nuclear Reactions". Industry Today. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  3. ^ "Holtec International Corp - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2021-11-05.
  4. ^ "Holtec International, Inc.: Private Company Information". www.Bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Holtec International". Holtec International. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  6. ^ "A Generation Ahead By Design". Holtec International. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  7. ^ "HI-STORE CISF". Holtec International. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  8. ^ Laday, Jason (July 10, 2014). "Paulsboro port construction, Camden's Holtec manufacturing plant boosted by $260M tax break". South Jersey Times. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  9. ^ Schmidt, Susan (July 2, 2019). "N.J. congressman was strong defender of firm now facing questions over $260M in tax breaks". nj.com.
  10. ^ Schmidt, Susan (2019-07-02). "Meet the Congressman Defending Questionable Tax Breaks for a Company Connected to His Rich Brother". ProPublica. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  11. ^ Sherman, Ted (July 9, 2019). "New questions about politically connected nuclear firm that received millions in N.J. tax incentives". nj.com.
  12. ^ Patel, Sonal (16 September 2021). "Nuclear Advisory Council Deems Commissioning of Holtec SMR-160 by 2030 a 'Credible Target'". POWER magazine. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Small Nuclear Power Reactors: Holtec SMR-160". world-nuclear.org. November 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Holtec International set up a subsidiary - SMR LLC - to commercialize a 140 MWe (446 MWt) factory-built reactor concept called Holtec Inherently Safe Modular Underground Reactor (HI-SMUR). The particular design being promoted is a 160 MWe version of this, SMR-160, with two external horizontal steam generators, using fuel similar to that in larger PWRs, including MOX. The 32 full-length fuel assemblies are in a fuel cartridge, which is loaded and unloaded as a single unit from the 31-metre high pressure vessel. Holtec claims a one-week refueling outage every 42 months. It has full passive cooling in operation and after shutdown and a negative temperature coefficient so that it shuts down at high temperatures. The heat sink can be to atmosphere, using dry cooling. The whole reactor system will be installed below ground level, with used fuel storage. A 24-month construction period is envisaged for each $800 million unit ($5000/kW). Operational life claimed is 80 years.
    Holtec expected to submit an application for design certification to NRC by the end of 2012 and hopes to have the first unit operating in 2018. The detailed design phase is from August 2012. The Shaw Group is providing engineering support for the design, and Areva is involved in the development work. The Construction Permit Application and Preliminary Safety Analysis Report are due in June 2014.
    In March 2012 the US DOE signed an agreement with Holtec regarding constructing a demonstration SMR-160 unit at its Savannah River site in South Carolina. NuHub, a South Carolina economic development project, is supporting Holtec's bid for DOE funding for the SMR-160, as are Exelon, Entergy, PSEG, First Energy (though see above re mPower), and SCE&G which would operate the demonstration plant.
  14. ^ "Holtec and GEH team up on advancing SMR-160". World Nuclear News. February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Holtec SMR to use commercially-available Framatome fuel". World Nuclear News. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Holtec ramps up SMR programme, eyes 2029 startup". World Nuclear News. August 24, 2022.
  17. ^ "Palisades SMR programme is under way: Holtec". World Nuclear News. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  18. ^ Mustoe, Howard (8 December 2023). "Claire Coutinho hands £30m to US mini-nuke project rivalling Rolls-Royce". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  19. ^ "UK regulators begin assessment of Holtec SMR". World Nuclear News. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  20. ^ "ONR begins new SMR reactor assessment". Office for Nuclear Regulation. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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