[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 16463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05457]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 05200050 and 99902078; NRC-2023-0027]


NuScale Power, LLC

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Standard design approval application; receipt.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing 
public notice of the receipt and availability of a standard design 
approval (SDA) application from NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale) for a 
Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The SDA application was submitted 
in a number of transmittals between the period of November 23, 2022, 
and December 31, 2022.

DATES: The SDA application referenced in this notice was available on 
January 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0027 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-2023-0027. Address 
questions about Docket IDs to Stacy [email protected]; telephone: 301-
415-0624; email: Stacy.[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 NuScale application is available 
in ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML22339A066.
     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 time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

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: 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.
    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. The NRC staff is currently 
reviewing the application and supporting information to determine if it 
is sufficiently complete to be acceptable for docketing and for 
commencement of the staff's detailed safety review.
    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. The 
acceptability of the tendered application for docketing and other 
matters relating to the request will be the subject of subsequent 
Federal Register notices.

    Dated: March 13, 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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