[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62408-62409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19517]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 99902052; NRC-2023-0143]


NuScale Power, LLC; Carbon Free Power Project, LLC; Carbon Free 
Power Project

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Limited work authorization application; acceptance for 
docketing; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for 
docketing a Limited Work Authorization (LWA) application submitted by 
Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP). CFPP plans to conduct certain 
early construction activities at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) 
complex near Idaho Falls, Idaho for which either a construction permit 
or a combined license would otherwise be required.

DATES: Submit comments by November 13, 2023. 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-2023-0143. Address 
questions about Docket IDs 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: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    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: Omid Tabatabai, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6616, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0143 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-2023-0143.
     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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2023-0143 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at 
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions 
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, 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 the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On July 31, 2023, Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP) submitted a 
Limited Work Authorization (LWA) application (ADAMS Package Accession 
No. ML23212A007) to the NRC for review and approval pursuant to part 50 
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulation (10 CFR), ``Domestic 
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' section 50.10(d), 
``Request for limited work authorization.'' A related request for 
exemption (ADAMS Accession No. ML23212A003), was submitted by NuScale 
Power, LLC, on behalf of CFPP, from certain requirements in 10 CFR 
50.10(c), ``Requirement for construction permit, early site permit 
authorizing limited work authorization activities, combined license, or 
limited work authorization.'' A notice of receipt and availability of 
the LWA application and the exemption request was previously published 
in the Federal Register on August 17, 2023 (88 FR 56054).
    The NRC staff has accepted for docketing the CFPP's LWA application 
for detailed technical review under Docket No. 99902052. The LWA 
application requests authorization for CFPP to conduct certain early 
site construction activities for which a combined license or a 
construction permit would otherwise be required. The exemption request 
would allow CFPP to conduct certain early construction activities in 
advance of the LWA. The NRC staff provided CFPP notice of the staff's 
determination that the LWA application was acceptable for docketing by 
letter dated September 5, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23236A263).
    Docketing of the LWA application does not preclude the NRC from 
requesting additional information from the applicant as the review 
proceeds, nor does it constitute an indication that the Commission will 
grant or deny the LWA application.
    CFPP plans to submit a combined license application to request 
authorization to construct and operate a proposed nuclear power plant 
at the CFPP site. The nuclear power plant would consist of six small 
modular reactors based on the US460 NuScale Power Plant design. The NRC 
staff will perform a detailed technical review of the LWA application 
and will document its safety and environmental findings in a safety 
evaluation report and an environmental impact statement, respectively.

III. Opportunity to Comment

    The NRC staff requests comments on the limited work authorization 
from Federal, State, and local agencies and interested persons, 
consistent with 10 CFR 2.643. Comments should be submitted by November 
13, 2023, as described in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
    The Commission will publish a future Federal Register notice of 
hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in a 
proceeding on the LWA application.

    Dated: September 6, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Omid Tabatabai-Yazdi,
Senior Project Manager, New Reactor Licensing Branch, Division of New 
and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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