The fuel is now one step closer to being ready for relocation to an off-site facility when one becomes available. Currently, no such federally licensed facility exists.
Both wet storage of spent fuel in pools of water and dry storage in welded stainless-steel canisters are extremely safe. However, dry storage offers additional safety benefits: The dry storage systems at San Onofre have more than twice the seismic rating as the spent fuel pools, and dry storage requires no electricity because the fuel is convection cooled with ambient air.
'Our commitment remains ensuring spent nuclear fuel is safely stored and that it can be transported to an off-site facility in the future,' said
SCE expects to release the strategic plan early next year. It will explore alternatives for relocating San Onofre's spent fuel to an off-site facility, either for permanent disposal or temporary storage, and identify actions that SCE can take to advance various alternatives. The plan also will include opportunities to collaborate with like-minded stakeholders and the community.
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With all the spent fuel - 123 canisters, including the 50 in the TN-NUHOMS system - in dry storage, most of the plant now becomes a deconstruction site. SCE issued a Notice of Deconstruction in January, and work to dismantle San Onofre began the following month. Initial projects included asbestos removal from inside the containment domes and shipping the Unit 1 reactor pressure vessel to a disposal facility in Clive,
'For the next stages at San Onofre, we've developed a streamlined organization that is focused on providing oversight of our decommissioning contractor and safely managing the spent fuel,' Bauder said. 'Much of the work coming up will be inside the containment domes and preparing for the removal of lots of steel and concrete.'
That material will be mostly transported via railcar to disposal sites in
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