US NRC issues draft license for nuke waste storage site in Utah

Washington (Platts)--13Feb2006

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monday issued a draft license to a
utility consortium that plans to build and operate a spent nuclear fuel
storage facility in Utah, an attorney for Private Fuel Storage said.
     The license was hand-delivered to company officials by William Brach, the
director of NRC's Spent Fuel Project Office, the attorney added.
     The license will allow PFS to construct and operate a spent fuel dry cask
storage facility at the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indian reservation in
Tooele County, Utah. It would be the first such facility located at a
non-reactor site. 
     There is a seven-day comment period for PFS to review the terms of the
license. If no revisions are required, a final license will be issued when the
review period ends. 
     Once the final license is issued and PFS gets commitments from utilities
to store their spent nuclear fuel at the site, it can begin construction of
the facility.
                                          ---Jenny Weil, jenny_weil@platts.com

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