Press Release-I-10-027, NRC to Discuss Spent Fuel Storage Plans for Salem Nuclear Plant

Press Release-I-10-027: NRC to Discuss Spent Fuel Storage Plans for Salem Nuclear Plant

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Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	05/20/2010
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region I
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs, Region I 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa. 19406 Site: http://www.nrc.gov No. I-10-027 May 20, 2010

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Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330 E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331 NRC TO DISCUSS SPENT FUEL STORAGE PLANS FOR SALEM NUCLEAR PLANT Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of PSEG Nuclear, LLC, on Thursday, May 27 to discuss the companys upcoming plans for the dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Salem nuclear power plant in Hancocks Bridge (Salem County), N.J.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room at the NRCs Region I Office, which is located at 475 Allendale Road in King of Prussia, Pa. There will be an opportunity for members of the public in attendance to ask questions of NRC staff regarding the topic prior to the sessions adjournment.

Nuclear power plants have two options for the storage of spent nuclear fuel: It can be stored in a plants circulating-water spent fuel pool or in dry cask storage, which involves removing fuel from the pool, placing it in a stainless-steel cask and then moving that cask to a large steel-reinforced concrete vault located outside on plant grounds.

PSEG intends to move fuel from its Salem nuclear power plant to the sites dry cask storage facility, which is also known as an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, or ISFSI, later this year. The two-reactor Salem plant shares the ISFSI with an adjoining plant, the single-reactor Hope Creek unit, also owned and operated by the company.