Holtec International has completed its acquisition of the shut-down Oyster Creek nuclear power plant from Exelon. Meanwhile, all nuclear fuel has been removed from the reactor at Entergy's Pilgrim nuclear power plant, which is due to be sold to Holtec later this year for accelerated decommissioning. 霍尔泰克国际公司已经从埃克塞隆公司手中收购了已经关闭的奥伊斯特河核电站。与此同时，Entergy旗下Pilgrim核电站的所有核燃料都已从反应堆中移除。该核电站定于今年晚些时候出售给霍尔泰克，用于加速退役。

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    Holtec has formally taken over ownership of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, which shut down in September 2018, after its subsidiaries completed the transfer and acquisition from Exelon Generation on 1 July.

    在其子公司于7月1日完成对Exelon Generation的转让和收购后，Holtec正式接管了奥伊斯特河核电站的所有权。该核电站于2018年9月关闭。

    This follows US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval in June of the transfer of the plant's operating licence to Holtec subsidiaries Oyster Creek Environmental Protection, LLC (OCEP), as owner, and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), as operator, for decommissioning.

    在此之前，美国核管理委员会(NRC)于6月批准将该核电站的运营许可证转让给Holtec子公司Oyster Creek Environmental Protection, LLC (OCEP)作为所有者，Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI)作为运营商，用于退役。

    OCEP and HDI will be responsible for decommissioning the plant and managing its decommissioning trust fund, which will cover the cost of decommissioning. As part of the decommissioning, the reactor's used nuclear fuel will be moved from the plant's used fuel pool, where it is in storage, to an onsite dry storage facility called an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). Holtec says its dry storage systems will allow the transfer to be completed in 2.5 years. It ultimately intends to ship the site's used fuel to the HI-STORE consolidated interim storage facility it is licensing in New Mexico, but in the meantime the used fuel will remain stored on the Oyster Creek site.

    OCEP和HDI将负责工厂的退役，并管理其退役信托基金，该基金将支付退役成本。作为退役计划的一部分，反应堆使用的核燃料将从核电站的乏燃料池转移到一个名为独立乏燃料存储设施(ISFSI)的现场干式存储设施。Holtec公司表示，他们的干式存储系统将允许在2.5年内完成转移。该公司最终打算将该地区使用过的燃料运往其在新墨西哥州授权的HI-STORE联合临时存储设施，但与此同时，该地区使用过的燃料仍将保存在奥伊斯特河地区。

    Within 10 years, OCEP and HDI plan to complete the decommissioning process at the New Jersey plant, allowing the land to be returned to productive use.

    OCEP和HDI计划在10年内完成新泽西工厂的退役程序，使土地恢复生产用途。

    "Our primary goal is to decommission Oyster Creek safely and with the community’s best interests in mind," Holtec President and CEO Kris Singh said. "Many of the excellent plant staff will join our exceptionally qualified engineers as we set a new bar in decommissioning excellence."

    Holtec公司总裁兼首席执行官克里斯·辛格说:“我们的首要目标是安全退役奥伊斯特河，同时考虑到厂址的最大利益。”“许多优秀的工厂员工将加入我们非常合格的工程师队伍，因为我们在卓越退役方面设立了一个新的标杆。”

    Pilgrim, in Massachusetts, was shut down permanently on 31 May after 47 years in operation. Exelon said it has now formally entered Phase I of plant decommissioning following the removal of nuclear fuel from the reactor into the used fuel pool. The NRC docketed the certifications of permanent cessation of operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor on 11 June.

    马萨诸塞州的Pilgrim在运营47年后，于5月31日被永久关闭。爱克斯龙公司表示，在将核燃料从反应堆移至乏燃料池后，该公司目前已正式进入核电站退役的第一阶段。核管理委员会于6月11日将永久停止运作和永久从反应堆移走燃料的证明文件归档。

    Entergy agreed in 2018 to sell the closed-down plant to Holtec International for accelerated decommissioning, and the 270 workers currently employed at the site will transition to the Holtec organisation after the plant transaction is completed. According to Holtec, this is expected to happen "within weeks".

    安特吉于2018年同意将关闭的工厂出售给霍尔特克国际公司(Holtec International)，以便加快停产进程。目前在该工厂工作的270名工人将在交易完成后移交给霍尔特克国际公司。据Holtec称，这预计将在“几周内”发生。

    Holtec has also agreed to purchase the Indian Point and Palisades plants from Entergy following those plants' planned closures.

    霍尔泰克还同意从Entergy购买印第安角(Indian Point)和帕利塞德斯(Palisades)的工厂，此前这些工厂已计划关闭。