SoCal Edison Awards Contract to North Wind to Develop Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel
June 13 2019 - 7:08PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
Southern California Edison said Thursday it awarded a consulting
contract to North Wind, Inc. to help develop plans to assess the
feasibility of relocating spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre
nuclear plant off-site.
The San Onofre facility was shut down in 2013 and is currently
being decommissioned.
"Moving San Onofre's spent nuclear fuel off-site is a top
priority for SCE, as is safely managing the fuel while it is
on-site," the company said. "There is currently no federally
licensed facility to receive spent nuclear fuel from a commercial
nuclear energy site."
The effort follows a 2017 settlement agreement related to the
permitting of the on-site expanded spent fuel storage installation,
the company said, and it is "optimistic the strategic plan will set
forth practical steps ... to relocate San Onofre spent fuel to an
off-site, licensed facility."
Southern California Edison is an Edison International (EIX)
company.
Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
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