[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94767-94768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28025]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-611 and 50-612; NRC-2023-0138]
Kairos Power LLC; Hermes 2 Test Reactor Facility; Construction
Permits
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing
notice of the issuance of Construction Permits CPTR-7 and CPTR-8 to
Kairos Power LLC (Kairos) for the two units of the proposed Hermes 2
test reactor facility.
DATES: The Construction Permits CPTR-7 and CPTR-8 were issued on
November 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0138 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-2023-0138. 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: Michael Orenak, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3229; 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
Permits, CPTR-7 and CPTR-8, to Kairos for the two units of the proposed
Hermes 2 test reactor facility. The construction permits, which are
immediately effective, authorize Kairos to construct a test reactor
facility, as described in Kairos's construction permit application, in
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 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 permits 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 permits.
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 10 CFR part 51, subpart A, have
been made.
Accordingly, the immediately effective construction permits were
issued on November 21, 2024.
II. Further Information
The NRC prepared a Safety Evaluation (SE) as well as an
Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) that document the NRC's evaluation of Kairos's construction
permit application and the NRC's findings. The Commission also issued
its Memorandum and Order documenting its final decision on the
mandatory hearing on November 20, 2024. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390
of the NRC's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure,'' details with
respect to this
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action, including the SE, EA and FONSI, accompanying documentation
included in the construction permit package, and 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-7............. ML24324A021.
Construction Permit No. CPTR-8............. ML24324A022.
Commission's Memorandum and Order on the ML24325A378.
mandatory hearing.
Safety Evaluation Related to the Kairos ML24200A114 (Package).
Power LLC Construction Permit Application
for the Hermes 2 Non-power Test Reactor
Facility.
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No ML24240A034.
Significant Impact for the Construction
Permits and Environmental Review
Exemptions for the Kairos Hermes 2 Test
Reactors, dated August 2024.
Kairos Construction Permit Application..... ML23195A122.
ML23195A123.
ML24144A090 (Package).
ML23195A125.
ML23195A127.
ML23195A130.
ML23195A132.
ML24103A245.
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Dated: November 22, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeremy Bowen,
Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and
Utilization Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2024-28025 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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