“NUCLEAR SHIP SAVANNAH – ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT 15 TO REVISE
THE LICENSE TO ALLOW DISMANTLEMENT AND DISPOSAL”
In an April 23, 2018 letter and safety evaluation, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has amended the NS Savannah’s license to allow dismantlement & decommissioing of the on-board reactor without further NRC approval.
NRC letter and safety linked here – posted by the NRC on May 2, 2018
”The NSS has been shutdown since 1970, and was defueled in 1971. In 1973, the U.S Atomic Energy Commission (NRC’s predecessor agency) issued an amendment placing the reactor in a SAFSTOR condition. The license was changed to possession-only in 1976. Presently, the ship is scheduled to remain at the Canton Marine Terminals in Baltimore under a long-term lay berth contract. MARAD [United States Maritime Administration] is currently developing plans to decommission the NSS, and would like to begin preliminary dismantlement activities in preparation for full scale decommissioning.”