Holtec International, a Florida-based nuclear manufacturer and services firm, will decommission the three nuclear power units at the Indian Point Energy Center north of New York City in possibly as few as 12 years but no more than 15 years at a cost of $2.3 billion, the company said for the first time in a Dec. 19 filing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

现有工厂所有者Entergy努力在2021年5月31日之前将单位的运营许可转移到Holtec,因此公司可以在2021年4月30日运营的1,080毫W单元3停止后立即开始退役。

同期2单元2将于2020年4月30日关闭,1974年关闭了615兆瓦的单元。估计的退役费用为5.98亿美元,单元1,单元2和10亿美元的估计为7.02亿美元对于第3单元。印度角位于纽约州威彻斯特县的哈德逊河。

加速退役的计划将减少60年的原始时间表,但更改取决于NRC批准许可转让和出售给Holtec。

该公司与包括SNC Lavalin Group在内的全面退役国际签订了合同,以撤销单位。

Holtec will manage spent fuel, to be stored on site in dry cask containers. Holtec “may elect to ship large plant components by [Hudson River] barge,” according to the filing.

但是该项目并非没有对手。环保组织河流管理员反对选择霍尔特克(Holtec)退役该工厂,声称该工厂没有退役核电单位的经验。它发起了一份请愿书,敦促Entergy和纽约州长Andrew Cuomo(D)停止许可转让和出售,并希望州和联邦监管机构建立社区咨询委员会。

In its filing to NRC, Holtec said the environmental impacts of decommissioning will be bound by previously issued environmental impact statements.