[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 60 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15717-15718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06309]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Project No. 0769; NRC-2017-0043]
NuScale Power, LLC
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License application; docketing.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for
docketing an application for a design certification of a Small Modular
Reactor (SMR) submitted by NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale).
DATES: March 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0043 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0043. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then
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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, 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. The entire NuScale application is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML17013A229.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Bavol, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-6715, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated December 31, 2016, NuScale
filed an application for a design certification of the NuScale SMR with
the NRC, pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power
Plants.'' A notice of receipt and availability of this application was
previously published in the Federal Register on February 22, 2017 (82
FR 11372).
The NRC staff has determined that NuScale has submitted information
in accordance with 10 CFR part 2, ``Rules of Practice for Domestic
Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,'' and 10 CFR part 52 that
is acceptable for docketing. The docket number established for this
application is 52-048.
The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the
design certification application. Docketing of the design certification
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. A
notice relating to the rulemaking pursuant to 10 CFR 52.51 for design
certification, including provisions for participation of the public and
other parties, will be published in the future.
The NuScale SMR is a pressurized-water reactor (PWR). The design is
based on the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR)
developed at Oregon State University in the early 2000s. The NuScale
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 immersed
in water in a safety-related pool. The reactor pool is located below
grade and is designed to hold up to 12 power modules. Each NuScale SMR
has a rated thermal output of 160 megawatts thermal (MWt) and
electrical output of 50 megawatts electric (MWe). Each plant can hold
up to 12 modules yielding a total capacity of 600 MWe.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of March, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank Akstulewicz,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2017-06309 Filed 3-29-17; 8:45 am]
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