[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23716-23717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10123]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0027]
NuScale Power, LLC; NuScale US460 Small Modular Reactor; Standard
Design Approval
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a
standard design approval (SDA) to NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale) for the
NuScale US460 small modular reactor (SMR) standard design. The SDA
allows the NuScale US460 SMR standard design to be referenced in an
application for a construction permit or operating license, or an
application for a combined license or manufacturing license under NRC
regulations.
DATES: The SDA was issued on May 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to 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 in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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 reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by
email to [email protected]. The NuScale Power Standard Design,
Standard Design Approval is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML25129A004.
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: Getachew Tesfaye, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8013; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has issued an SDA to NuScale, for
the US460 NuScale SMR standard design under subpart E, ``Standard
Design Approvals,'' of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear
Power Plants.'' This SDA allows the NuScale US460 SMR standard design
to be referenced in an
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application for a construction permit or operating license under 10 CFR
part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization
Facilities,'' or an application for a combined license or manufacturing
license under 10 CFR part 52. In addition, the NRC has issued the final
safety evaluation report (FSER) (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML25086A073) that supports issuance of the SDA.
Issuance of this SDA signifies completion of the NRC staff's
technical review of the NuScale US460 SMR design. The NRC staff
performed its technical review of the NuScale US460 SMR design control
document in accordance with the standards set forth in 10 CFR 52.139,
``Standards for Review of Applications.''
On the basis of its evaluation and independent analyses, as
described in the FSER, the NRC staff concludes that NuScale's
application for standard design approval meets the applicable portions
of 10 CFR 52.137, ``Content of Applications; Technical Information,''
and the review standards identified in 10 CFR 52.139.
Copies of the NuScale US460 SMR FSER and SDA have been placed in
the NRC's PDR. The PDR 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. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Dated: May 29, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-10123 Filed 6-3-25; 8:45 am]
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