Holtec International has completed its acquisition of the shut-down Oyster Creek nuclear power plant from Exelon. Meanwhile, all nuclear fuel has been removed from the reactor at Entergy's Pilgrim nuclear power plant, which is due to be sold to Holtec later this year for accelerated decommissioning. 霍爾泰克國(guó)際公司已經(jīng)從?？巳」臼种惺召?gòu)了已經(jīng)關(guān)閉的奧伊斯特河核電站。與此同時(shí)，Entergy旗下Pilgrim核電站的所有核燃料都已從反應(yīng)堆中移除。該核電站定于今年晚些時(shí)候出售給霍爾泰克，用于加速退役。

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    Holtec has formally taken over ownership of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, which shut down in September 2018, after its subsidiaries completed the transfer and acquisition from Exelon Generation on 1 July.

    在其子公司于7月1日完成對(duì)Exelon Generation的轉(zhuǎn)讓和收購(gòu)后，Holtec正式接管了奧伊斯特河核電站的所有權(quán)。該核電站于2018年9月關(guān)閉。

    This follows US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval in June of the transfer of the plant's operating licence to Holtec subsidiaries Oyster Creek Environmental Protection, LLC (OCEP), as owner, and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), as operator, for decommissioning.

    在此之前，美國(guó)核管理委員會(huì)(NRC)于6月批準(zhǔn)將該核電站的運(yùn)營(yíng)許可證轉(zhuǎn)讓給Holtec子公司Oyster Creek Environmental Protection, LLC (OCEP)作為所有者，Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI)作為運(yùn)營(yíng)商，用于退役。

    OCEP and HDI will be responsible for decommissioning the plant and managing its decommissioning trust fund, which will cover the cost of decommissioning. As part of the decommissioning, the reactor's used nuclear fuel will be moved from the plant's used fuel pool, where it is in storage, to an onsite dry storage facility called an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). Holtec says its dry storage systems will allow the transfer to be completed in 2.5 years. It ultimately intends to ship the site's used fuel to the HI-STORE consolidated interim storage facility it is licensing in New Mexico, but in the meantime the used fuel will remain stored on the Oyster Creek site.

    OCEP和HDI將負(fù)責(zé)工廠的退役，并管理其退役信托基金，該基金將支付退役成本。作為退役計(jì)劃的一部分，反應(yīng)堆使用的核燃料將從核電站的乏燃料池轉(zhuǎn)移到一個(gè)名為獨(dú)立乏燃料存儲(chǔ)設(shè)施(ISFSI)的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)干式存儲(chǔ)設(shè)施。Holtec公司表示，他們的干式存儲(chǔ)系統(tǒng)將允許在2.5年內(nèi)完成轉(zhuǎn)移。該公司最終打算將該地區(qū)使用過(guò)的燃料運(yùn)往其在新墨西哥州授權(quán)的HI-STORE聯(lián)合臨時(shí)存儲(chǔ)設(shè)施，但與此同時(shí)，該地區(qū)使用過(guò)的燃料仍將保存在奧伊斯特河地區(qū)。

    Within 10 years, OCEP and HDI plan to complete the decommissioning process at the New Jersey plant, allowing the land to be returned to productive use.

    OCEP和HDI計(jì)劃在10年內(nèi)完成新澤西工廠的退役程序，使土地恢復(fù)生產(chǎn)用途。

    "Our primary goal is to decommission Oyster Creek safely and with the community’s best interests in mind," Holtec President and CEO Kris Singh said. "Many of the excellent plant staff will join our exceptionally qualified engineers as we set a new bar in decommissioning excellence."

    Holtec公司總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官克里斯·辛格說(shuō):“我們的首要目標(biāo)是安全退役奧伊斯特河，同時(shí)考慮到廠址的最大利益?！薄霸S多優(yōu)秀的工廠員工將加入我們非常合格的工程師隊(duì)伍，因?yàn)槲覀冊(cè)谧吭酵艘鄯矫嬖O(shè)立了一個(gè)新的標(biāo)桿。”

    Pilgrim, in Massachusetts, was shut down permanently on 31 May after 47 years in operation. Exelon said it has now formally entered Phase I of plant decommissioning following the removal of nuclear fuel from the reactor into the used fuel pool. The NRC docketed the certifications of permanent cessation of operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor on 11 June.

    馬薩諸塞州的Pilgrim在運(yùn)營(yíng)47年后，于5月31日被永久關(guān)閉。愛(ài)克斯龍公司表示，在將核燃料從反應(yīng)堆移至乏燃料池后，該公司目前已正式進(jìn)入核電站退役的第一階段。核管理委員會(huì)于6月11日將永久停止運(yùn)作和永久從反應(yīng)堆移走燃料的證明文件歸檔。

    Entergy agreed in 2018 to sell the closed-down plant to Holtec International for accelerated decommissioning, and the 270 workers currently employed at the site will transition to the Holtec organisation after the plant transaction is completed. According to Holtec, this is expected to happen "within weeks".

    安特吉于2018年同意將關(guān)閉的工廠出售給霍爾特克國(guó)際公司(Holtec International)，以便加快停產(chǎn)進(jìn)程。目前在該工廠工作的270名工人將在交易完成后移交給霍爾特克國(guó)際公司。據(jù)Holtec稱(chēng)，這預(yù)計(jì)將在“幾周內(nèi)”發(fā)生。

    Holtec has also agreed to purchase the Indian Point and Palisades plants from Entergy following those plants' planned closures.

    霍爾泰克還同意從Entergy購(gòu)買(mǎi)印第安角(Indian Point)和帕利塞德斯(Palisades)的工廠，此前這些工廠已計(jì)劃關(guān)閉。