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The 16th and final HI-STORM FW dry storage system has been placed into the dry storage building at the Krško NPP in Slovenia, US-based Holtec International said on its Facebook page. Slovenian nuclear utility Nuklearna Elektrarna Krško’s (NEK’s) used fuel dry storage facility at Krško NPP was commissioned ahead of schedule in April with the placement by Holtec of the first cask. Placement of the 16th cask marks completion of the first loading campaign Holtec noted. “We thank our partners at NEK for their support in project preparation and execution that led us to such a successful conclusion.”

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Saturday, 26 August 2023; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-used-fuel-loading-campaign-completed-at-krko-npp-11096478

Slovenian nuclear utility Nuklearna Elektrarna Krško (NEK) says the new used fuel dry storage facility at its Krško NPP has been commissioned with the placement by US-based Holtec International of the first HI-STORM FW cask. NEK received the operating licence for the facility from the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (URSJV - Uprava republike Slovenije za jedrsko varnost) in October 2022. Holtec said the first fuel loading campaign will see 16 HI-STORM FW casks placed into the facility.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 12 April 2023; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsslovenia-commissions-dry-storage-facility-for-krko-npp-10747985

Country’s only reactor will operate until 2043 The new facility will store used fuel from the Krško nuclear power station. Courtesy Holtec/NEK. Slovenia’s first used fuel dry storage facility has begun operation at the Krško nuclear power station with the first fuel loading campaign to consist of 16 casks placed in dry storage.

The owner and licensee of the plant, Nuklearna Elektrarna Krško (NEK), received the operating licence for the facility from the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration in October.

US-based Holtec International placed the first Hi-Storm FW cask system into storage on 2 April, officially marking the facility’s commissioning.

Holtec was awarded a contract by NEK in February 2017 that included the design and construction of the dry storage building.

According to Holtec, Hi-Storm FW casks are qualified to a severe earthquake level and the storage modules are engineered to withstand impact from a military or commercial aircraft, exceeding the International Atomic Energy Agency guidance for operating nuclear power plants. The custom-engineered domed lid of the Hi-Storm FW, unique to this project, is a Holtec innovation developed to engineer an impact-capable design.

: Source: Nucnet

: Date: Saturday, 08 April 2023; Original article: nucnet.org/news/used-fuel-dry-storage-facility-begins-operation-at-krsko-nuclear-plant-4-5-2023

The first HI-STORM FW cask has been placed into the used fuel dry storage facility at the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia, officially marking the facility's commissioning, Holtec International announced.