[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88137-88138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27960]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-7513; NRC-2021-0193]


Kairos Power, LLC; Hermes Test Reactor Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Construction permit and record of decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing 
notice of the issuance of Construction Permit No. CPTR-6 to Kairos 
Power LLC (Kairos) and Record of Decision.

DATES: The Construction Permit No. CPTR-6 was issued on December 14, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0193 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-2021-0193. 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, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Hiser, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2454; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    Under section 2.106 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR), the NRC is providing notice of the issuance of Construction 
Permit No. CPTR-6, to Kairos and issuance of the Record of Decision 
(ROD) under 10 CFR 51.102. The construction permit, which is 
immediately effective, authorizes Kairos to construct a test reactor 
facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as described in Kairos's construction 
permit application. With respect to the construction permit application 
filed by Kairos, the NRC finds that the applicable standards and 
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 
and the Commission's regulations have been met. The NRC finds that any 
required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made 
and that, among other things, there is reasonable assurance that the 
activities authorized by the permit will be conducted in compliance 
with the rules and regulations of the Commission, that safety questions 
will be satisfactorily resolved by the completion of construction, and 
that, taking into consideration siting criteria, the proposed facility 
can be constructed and operated at the proposed location without undue 
risk to public health and safety, subject to the conditions listed in 
the construction permit. Furthermore, the NRC finds that the licensee 
is technically and financially qualified to engage in the activities 
authorized, and that issuance of the license will not be inimical to 
the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the 
public. Finally, the NRC finds that the findings required by subpart A 
of 10 CFR part 51 have been made.
    Accordingly, the immediately effective construction permit was 
issued on December 14, 2023.

II. Further Information

    The NRC prepared a Safety Evaluation (SE) and Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (FEIS) that document the NRC's evaluation of Kairos's 
construction permit application and its findings. The Commission also 
issued its Memorandum and Order documenting its final decision on the 
mandatory hearing held on October 19, 2023, which serves as the ROD in 
this proceeding. The NRC also prepared a document summarizing the ROD 
that incorporates by reference materials contained in the FEIS. In 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's

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``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure,'' details with respect to 
this action, including the SE, FEIS, summary of the ROD, and 
accompanying documentation included in the construction permit package, 
as well as the Commission's hearing decision, are available online in 
the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, persons can access the NRC's ADAMS, 
which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents.

III. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as 
indicated.

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        Document description                 ADAMS accession No.
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Construction Permit No. CPTR-6.....  ML23338A258.
Commission's Memorandum and Order    ML23346A068.
 on the mandatory hearing (ROD).
Summary of the Record of Decision..  ML23338A257.
Safety Evaluation Related to the     ML23158A268.
 Kairos Power LLC Construction
 Permit Application for the Hermes
 Test Reactor.
NUREG-2263, Environmental Impact     ML23214A269.
 Statement for the Construction
 Permit for the Kairos Hermes Test
 Reactor.
Kairos Construction Permit           ML21272A376.
 Application.
                                     ML21272A377.
                                     ML23151A743 (Package).
                                     ML22272A598
                                     ML23055A676.
                                     ML23089A386 (Package).
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    Dated: December 14, 2023.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mohamed K. Shams,
Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and 
Utilization Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-27960 Filed 12-19-23; 8:45 am]
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