Holtec plans to submit storage facility application to NRC in March

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Holtec International now plans to submit a license application to NRCrnin March for a spent fuel interim storage facility it wants to build on arn1,000-acre site in New Mexico, Holtec program director Ed Mayer saidrnSeptember 17.rnMayer said the company delayed the submittal in order to “workrnthrough a mineral rights” issue at the southwestern New Mexico site,rnwhich is now jointly owned by Eddy and Lea counties. Holtec wanted tornensure there would be no potash mining there, he said, addressing arnpotential licensing issue. He spoke in an interview on the sidelines of arnDOE meeting in Washington on a consent-based siting process therndepartment is developing to site nuclear waste facilities.