[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51463-51464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17944]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2022-0124]


Information Collection: Scheduling Information for the Licensing 
of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public 
comment on this proposed information collection. The information 
collection is entitled, ``Scheduling Information for the Licensing of 
Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels.''

DATES: Submit comments by October 21, 2022. 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:
     Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0124. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov 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: David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    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: David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0124 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0124. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2022-0124 on this website.
     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, 301-415-4737, or 
by email to [email protected]. A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without

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charge by accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML22109A108. The draft 
supporting statement and burden table are available in ADAMS under 
Accession Nos. ML22157A431 and ML22227A117 respectively.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 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: 
[email protected].

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2022-0124, in your comment submission.
    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

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to 
request the OMB's approval for the information collection summarized 
below.
    1. The title of the information collection: Scheduling Information 
for the Licensing of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased 
Enrichment Fuels.
    2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been 
assigned to this proposed information collection.
    3. Type of submission: New.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once with the 
addition of voluntary updates, as available.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All holders of 
operating licenses for nuclear power reactors under the provisions of 
part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' or 
holders of a combined license under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, 
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' except those 
that have permanently ceased operations and have certified that fuel 
has been permanently removed from the reactor vessel. All holders of 
licenses and potential applicants for a fuel cycle facility under the 
provisions of 10 CFR part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear 
Material,'' and holders of licenses and Certificates of Compliance 
(CoC) and potential applicants for transportation and storage systems 
under the provisions of 10 CFR part 71, ``Packaging and Transportation 
of Radioactive Material,'' and 10 CFR part 72, ``Licensing Requirements 
for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level 
Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste.''
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 43.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 43.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 780.
    10. Abstract: The accident tolerant fuel (ATF) program is a joint 
effort between the U.S. nuclear industry and the U.S. Department of 
Energy to design and pursue approval of various fuel types with 
enhanced accident tolerance. The ATF program includes development of 
technologies that would extend fuel burnup and enrichment limits beyond 
currently authorized levels. In order to deploy these new technologies, 
the industry will need to seek authorization for various activities 
throughout the fuel cycle, from fuel fabrication, transportation, and 
storage to installation and utilization in a reactor. In order to 
support the timely processing of licensing activities needed to support 
the deployment of these new technologies, the NRC is seeking scheduling 
information for licensing submittals from all respondents. This 
information will allow the NRC to better allocate its resources to 
support the activities associated with licensing these technologies 
while being better able to meet the industry's desired timeline.

III. Specific Requests for Comments

    The NRC is seeking comments that address the following questions:
    1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC 
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical 
utility? Please explain your response.
    2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection 
accurate? Please explain your response.
    3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected?
    4. How can the burden of the information collection on respondents 
be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology?

    Dated: August 16, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-17944 Filed 8-19-22; 8:45 am]
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