Waterford

Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit 3 is located in Killona, Louisiana approximately 25 miles west of New Orleans, Louisiana.  The Combustion Engineering PWR is operated by Entergy Nuclear South.  The plant is owned by Entergy Louisiana, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Entergy Corp.  The plant is licensed to operate until December 18, 2024.  Also located on the same site are Units 1 and 2 (natural gas plants) and Unit 4 (a small, power-peaking, oil-fired plant).

The ISFSI for Waterford began accepting SNF in November 2011 pursuant to a general license.  The ISFSI is designed to hold 72 casks.  As of March 2012, there were between 72 and 96 SNF assemblies stored in 3 dry casks.  The casks are manufactured by Holtec — the Hi-Storm 100 cask system and eitber the MPC-24 or the MPC-32 canister type.  As of the end of 2010, there were 1,210 metric tons of SNF stored at the two nuclear power plant sites located in the State of Louisiana — River Bend and Waterford.

Additional information regarding Waterford can be found at the following links:

http://www.entergy-nuclear.com/plant_information/waterford_3.aspx

http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/wat3.html

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