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by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting the NRC’s
Clearance Officer, David C. Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. All comment
submissions are posted at https://
www.regulations.gov and entered into
ADAMS. Comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove identifying
or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the OMB, then you
should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact
information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment
submission. Your request should state
that comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, ‘‘IAEA Design
Information Questionnaire Forms.’’ The
NRC hereby informs potential
respondents that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and that a person is
not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
March 31, 2023 (88 FR 19332).
1. The title of the information
collection: IAEA Design Information
Questionnaire Forms.
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0056.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable:
Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: On occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: Licensees of facilities on the
U.S. eligible list who have been notified
in writing by the NRC to submit the
form.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 2.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 2.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 360.
10. Abstract: In order for the U.S. to
fulfill its responsibilities as a participant
in the U.S./International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) Safeguards Agreement,
the NRC must collect information from
licensees about their installations and
provide it to the IAEA, if requested by
the IAEA. Licensees of facilities that
appear on the U.S. eligible list and have
been notified in writing by the NRC are
required to complete and submit a
Design Information Questionnaire to
provide information concerning their
installation for use by the IAEA.
III. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS.
ADAMS
Accession No.
Document description
Supporting Statement ....................................................................................................................................................................
Research and Power Reactors DIQ Form ....................................................................................................................................
Conversion and/or Fuel Fabrication Plants DIQ Form ..................................................................................................................
Reprocessing Plants DIQ Form .....................................................................................................................................................
Isotopic Enrichment Plants DIQ Form ...........................................................................................................................................
Geological Repositories DIQ Form ................................................................................................................................................
Spent Fuel Encapsulation Plants DIQ Form .................................................................................................................................
Research and Development Facilities DIQ Form ..........................................................................................................................
Critical (Sub-Critical) Facilities DIQ Form .....................................................................................................................................
Separate Storage Installations DIQ Form .....................................................................................................................................
Dated: August 1, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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NuScale Power, LLC
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Standard design approval
application; acceptance for docketing;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has accepted for
docketing an application for standard
design approval (SDA) of the US460
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Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design
submitted by NuScale Power, LLC
(NuScale). The NRC is requesting
comment on the SDA application in
accordance with NRC regulations.
DATES: Submit comments by October 3,
2023. Comments received after this date
will be considered, if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
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• Federal rulemaking website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2023–0027. Address
questions about Docket IDs to Stacy
Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624;
email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the ‘‘For Further
Information Contact’’ section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Getachew Tesfaye, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–8013, email:
Getachew.Tesfaye@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023–
0027 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this
action using any of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2023–0027.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at
301–415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS
accession number for each document
referenced (if it is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that it is
mentioned in this document.
• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you
may examine and order copies of
publicly available documents, is open
by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
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time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2023–0027 in your
comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
By letter dated November 21, 2022
(ADAMS Accession No. ML22325A349),
NuScale informed the NRC of its intent
to submit an SDA application in stages,
along with supporting technical reports,
by December 31, 2022. By letter dated
November 23, 2022, NuScale submitted
the first part of its application (nonpublic, withheld pursuant to 10 CFR
2.390) for a standard design approval of
the NuScale US460 SMR design,
pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and
part 52, subpart E, of title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants.’’
Subsequently, NuScale submitted the
remaining portions of its application in
stages, between November 29, 2022, and
December 31, 2022. The SDA
application is available in ADAMS
under Package Accession No.
ML22339A066.
The NuScale US460 SMR is a
pressurized-water reactor. The design is
based on the Multi-Application Small
Light Water Reactor developed at
Oregon State University in the early
2000’s. The NuScale US460 SMR is a
natural circulation light-water reactor
with the reactor core and helical coil
steam generator located in a common
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reactor vessel in a cylindrical steel
containment. The NuScale power
module is partly immersed in water in
a safety related pool. The reactor pool is
located below grade and is designed to
hold up to six power modules. Each
NuScale SMR has a rated thermal
output of 250 megawatts thermal and an
electrical output of 77 megawatts
electric (MWe); accordingly, a plant
containing six modules would have a
total capacity of 462 MWe.
As described in the November 21,
2022, letter, the application contains the
final safety analysis report (FSAR)
chapters and parts thereof. Supporting
technical reports are cited throughout
the application, some of which are
attached to the corresponding FSAR
chapter; other technical reports cited in
the application are available as
standalone documents in ADAMS, if
publicly available. Following these
submittals, NuScale submitted
additional supporting licensing topical
reports (LTRs), which were required to
be submitted before the SDA application
could be accepted for review. By
January 8, 2023, NuScale submitted
these LTRs to the NRC. A notice of
receipt and availability of this portion of
the application was published in the
Federal Register on March 17, 2023, (88
FR 16463).
On March 17, 2023 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML23058A160), the NRC
staff notified NuScale that its staged
SDA application, the last submittal of
which was provided on December 31,
2022 (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML22339A066), will be considered
tendered but not docketed until the
Request for Supplemental Information
(RSI) enclosed in the March 17 letter is
submitted and the SDA application is
found to be acceptable for detailed
technical review by the staff. On July 14,
2023 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML23195A092), NuScale submitted the
response to the staff’s RSI. Additionally,
on July 17, 2023 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML23198A244), NuScale submitted
Licensing Topical Report (LTR) TR–
131981, ‘‘Methodology for the
Determination of the Onset of Density
Wave Oscillations (DWO),’’ Revision 1,
that incorporated changes resulting from
NuScale’s RSI response.
The NRC staff has determined that the
SDA application, as supplemented, is
acceptable for docketing under Docket
No. 52–050. The NRC staff provided
NuScale notice of the staff’s
determination that its application was
acceptable for docketing by letter dated
July 31, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML23198A163).
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III. Opportunity to Comment
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.110(b),
the NRC staff is inviting public
comments on the SDA application
within 60 days of publication of this
notice, for consideration by the NRC
staff and Advisory Committee on
Reactor Safeguards in their review of the
application. Comments should be
submitted as described in the
ADDRESSES section of this document.
The NRC staff will perform a detailed
technical review of the SDA application
and will document its safety findings in
a safety evaluation report.
Docketing of the application does not
preclude the NRC from requesting
additional information from the
applicant as the review proceeds, nor
does it predict whether the Commission
will grant or deny the application.
Dated: August 1, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Getachew Tesfaye,
Senior Project Manager, New Reactor
Licensing Branch, Division of New and
Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Kairos Power, LLC; Receipt of
Construction Permit Application
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Construction permit
application; receipt.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is providing public
notice of receipt and availability of an
application for construction permits for
a two-unit reactor facility from Kairos
Power, LLC. The application for the
construction permits was received on
July 14, 2023.
DATES: August 4, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2023–0138 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2023–0138. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individuals listed
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• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–209, at
301–415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS
accession number for each document
referenced (if it is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that it is
mentioned in this document.
• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you
may examine and order copies of
publicly available documents, is open
by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Orenak, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
3229; email: Michael.Orenak@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
On July 14, 2023, Kairos Power LLC
(Kairos) filed, pursuant to section 104c
of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended,
part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization
Facilities,’’ an application for two
construction permits for a two-unit test
reactor facility located in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee. The two-unit facility is to be
identified as Hermes 2, and both units
are based on a high-temperature fluoride
salt-cooled design that utilizes solid tristructural isotropic fuel.
The application is available in
ADAMS under Package Accession No.
ML23195A121. Along with other
documents, the ADAMS package
includes the transmittal letter (ADAMS
Accession No. ML23195A122), the
preliminary safety analysis report
(ADAMS Accession No. ML23195A124),
and the environmental report (ADAMS
Accession No. ML23195A125). The
information submitted by the applicant
includes certain administrative
information such as financial
qualifications submitted pursuant to 10
CFR 50.33, technical information
submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.34,
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and the environmental report submitted
pursuant to 10 CFR part 51,
‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations
for Domestic Licensing and Related
Regulatory Functions.’’
The NRC staff is currently
undertaking its acceptance review of the
application. If the application is
accepted for docketing, subsequent
Federal Register notices will be issued
that address the acceptability of the
tendered construction permit
application for docketing and provisions
for participation of the public in the
permitting process.
Dated: July 31, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael D. Orenak,
Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Licensing
Branch 1, Division of Advanced Reactors and
Non-Power Production and Utilization
Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule
Change To Amend the Manner in
Which the Exchange Will Designate
Certain Options Members To
Participate in its Mandatory Disaster
Recovery Testing for Calendar Year
2023
Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on July 25,
2023, MEMX LLC (‘‘MEMX’’ or the
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and
III below, which Items have been
prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange is filing with the
Commission a proposed rule change to
amend the manner in which the
Exchange will designate certain Options
Members to participate in mandatory
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52-050; NRC-2023-0027]
NuScale Power, LLC
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Standard design approval application; acceptance for docketing;
request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for
docketing an application for standard design approval (SDA) of the
US460 Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design submitted by NuScale Power,
LLC (NuScale). The NRC is requesting comment on the SDA application in
accordance with NRC regulations.
DATES: Submit comments by October 3, 2023. Comments received after this
date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received
on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
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Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0027. Address
questions about Docket IDs to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624;
email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the ``For Further Information Contact'' section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Getachew Tesfaye, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-8013, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0027 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action using any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0027.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2023-0027 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
By letter dated November 21, 2022 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML22325A349), NuScale informed the NRC of its intent to submit an SDA
application in stages, along with supporting technical reports, by
December 31, 2022. By letter dated November 23, 2022, NuScale submitted
the first part of its application (non-public, withheld pursuant to 10
CFR 2.390) for a standard design approval of the NuScale US460 SMR
design, pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and part 52, subpart E, of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants.'' Subsequently, NuScale submitted the remaining
portions of its application in stages, between November 29, 2022, and
December 31, 2022. The SDA application is available in ADAMS under
Package Accession No. ML22339A066.
The NuScale US460 SMR is a pressurized-water reactor. The design is
based on the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor developed at
Oregon State University in the early 2000's. The NuScale US460 SMR is a
natural circulation light-water reactor with the reactor core and
helical coil steam generator located in a common reactor vessel in a
cylindrical steel containment. The NuScale power module is partly
immersed in water in a safety related pool. The reactor pool is located
below grade and is designed to hold up to six power modules. Each
NuScale SMR has a rated thermal output of 250 megawatts thermal and an
electrical output of 77 megawatts electric (MWe); accordingly, a plant
containing six modules would have a total capacity of 462 MWe.
As described in the November 21, 2022, letter, the application
contains the final safety analysis report (FSAR) chapters and parts
thereof. Supporting technical reports are cited throughout the
application, some of which are attached to the corresponding FSAR
chapter; other technical reports cited in the application are available
as standalone documents in ADAMS, if publicly available. Following
these submittals, NuScale submitted additional supporting licensing
topical reports (LTRs), which were required to be submitted before the
SDA application could be accepted for review. By January 8, 2023,
NuScale submitted these LTRs to the NRC. A notice of receipt and
availability of this portion of the application was published in the
Federal Register on March 17, 2023, (88 FR 16463).
On March 17, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23058A160), the NRC staff
notified NuScale that its staged SDA application, the last submittal of
which was provided on December 31, 2022 (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML22339A066), will be considered tendered but not docketed until the
Request for Supplemental Information (RSI) enclosed in the March 17
letter is submitted and the SDA application is found to be acceptable
for detailed technical review by the staff. On July 14, 2023 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML23195A092), NuScale submitted the response to the
staff's RSI. Additionally, on July 17, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML23198A244), NuScale submitted Licensing Topical Report (LTR) TR-
131981, ``Methodology for the Determination of the Onset of Density
Wave Oscillations (DWO),'' Revision 1, that incorporated changes
resulting from NuScale's RSI response.
The NRC staff has determined that the SDA application, as
supplemented, is acceptable for docketing under Docket No. 52-050. The
NRC staff provided NuScale notice of the staff's determination that its
application was acceptable for docketing by letter dated July 31, 2023
(ADAMS Accession No. ML23198A163).
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III. Opportunity to Comment
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.110(b), the NRC staff is inviting
public comments on the SDA application within 60 days of publication of
this notice, for consideration by the NRC staff and Advisory Committee
on Reactor Safeguards in their review of the application. Comments
should be submitted as described in the ADDRESSES section of this
document. The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the
SDA application and will document its safety findings in a safety
evaluation report.
Docketing of the application does not preclude the NRC from
requesting additional information from the applicant as the review
proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant or deny
the application.
Dated: August 1, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Getachew Tesfaye,
Senior Project Manager, New Reactor Licensing Branch, Division of New
and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-16679 Filed 8-3-23; 8:45 am]
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