As I understand it from a buddy in the industry, what this means is that they start pouring nuclear-grade concrete almost immediately, like this week.
At this point I’ve heard nothing about the hand-wringing that goes on constantly about what to do with the spent fuel. It seems no one has figured that out yet, and that we have massive amounts of it stored around the country in temporary situations that are not that safe . . . and now, they plan to create more.