14.03.2024
As part of the Waste Management Symposia 2024 in Phoenix (Arizona/USA), GNS and American EnergySolutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on future cooperation in Asia. Together, the two companies intend to offer nuclear services on the Asian markets in the future. The objective is the disposal of large components from the upcoming dismantling of Asian nuclear power plants by EnergySolutions in the USA. GNS enables the transports with its worldwide unique know-how in the packaging and qualification of the components.
In this way, customers in Asia are offered the opportunity to recycle metals for reuse in the nuclear industry. The partnership will focus primarily on large components, but will also look at ways to recycle other metals to reduce the amount of metal waste for disposal. This disposal route will reduce the actual amount of waste while also reducing the consumption of new resources.
“We are excited for the opportunity to partner with GNS in an effort to enhance our abilities to service the Asian nuclear marketplace,” said Ken Robuck, President and CEO of EnergySolutions. “By partnering with GNS, we will provide our clients the confidence that materials we process for them will meet all regulatory requirements for safe compliant metal management, transportation, and recycling.”
“We are thrilled to team with our long-term partners EnergySolutions," added Daniel Oehr, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of GNS. "After several successful joint projects for the melting of scraps from our European customers, this new cooperation enables us to offer a unique solution for the disposal of large components from the dismantling of nuclear power plants in Asia. It is a perfect fit for our strategy to further expand our business to Asia."
left to right: Ken Robuck (Präsident and CEO EnergySolutions), Colin Austin (Senior Vice President International Business Energy Solution), Daniel Oehr (CEO GNS), Dr. Linus Bettermann (Sales & Marketing GNS)
About EnergySolutions:
EnergySolutions protects the public and preserves the environment by providing safe, compliant, innovative, and sustainable solutions to our client’s nuclear power, decommissioning, remediation, and waste needs. With decades of experience, EnergySolutions serves government and commercial customers in the nuclear, environmental, and energy sectors.
About GNS
The German GNS Group specializes in the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and fuel elements from nuclear reactors as well as the safe processing, packaging and storage of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste and residual materials from the operation of nuclear power plants. In addition, GNS offers comprehensive solutions for all phases of decommissioning and dismantling, from the removal of fuel elements to the dismantling and packaging of large components such as reactor pressure vessels and their internals.
For more information about EnergySolutions, please contact Mark Walker at 801-231-9194 or mwalker@energysolutions.com.
For more information from GNS, please contact Michael Koebl at +49 151 40641662 or michael.koebl@gns.de