[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 198 (Friday, October 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 62463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22294]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 99902088; NRC-2022-0167]


Abilene Christian University

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Construction permit application; receipt.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing 
public notice of receipt and availability of an application for a 
construction permit from Abilene Christian University (ACU). The 
construction permit application is dated August 12, 2022.

DATES: October 14, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0167 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-2022-0167. 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.
     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]. 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: 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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern tme (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard F. Rivera, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7190; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    ACU filed with the NRC pursuant to Section 104c of the Atomic 
Energy Act and part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization 
Facilities,'' an application dated August 12, 2022, for a construction 
permit for one research reactor proposed to be located in Abilene, 
Texas. The reactor is to be identified as the Molten Salt Research 
Reactor.
    The application is available in ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML22227A201, which includes the transmittal letter and the preliminary 
safety analysis report. The information submitted by the applicant 
includes certain administrative information, such as financial 
qualifications submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.33, ``Contents of 
applications; general information,'' as well as technical information 
submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.34, ``Contents of applications; 
technical information.'' The environmental report was also submitted as 
part of the preliminary safety analysis report.
    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: October 7, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard F. Rivera,
Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch, Division of 
Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2022-22294 Filed 10-13-22; 8:45 am]
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