[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72515-72516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25769]



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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: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; 
request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently 
submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is 
entitled, ``Scheduling Information for the Licensing of Accident 
Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels.''

DATES: Submit comments by December 27, 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: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance 
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.
     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 charge by 
accessing ADAMS Accession No, ML22109A108. The supporting statement and 
burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. 
ML22235A693 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

    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 proposed collection of 
information to OMB for review entitled ``Scheduling Information for the 
Licensing of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment 
Fuels.'' 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 August 22, 2022 (87 FR 51463).
    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 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.''

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    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.

    Dated: November 21, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-25769 Filed 11-23-22; 8:45 am]
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