[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 168 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42622-42623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16835]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-0808]
Draft Regulatory Issue Summary: Combined License Review
Performance and Reporting
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public
comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) that discusses the
review performance and reporting requirements for a combined license
application review in accordance with the requirements in Section 207
of the ADVANCE Act (Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced
Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024). NRC regulations provide
requirements for the issuance of combined licenses.
DATES: Submit comments by September 18, 2025. 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-2025-0808. Address
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questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) 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: Carolyn Lauron, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2736; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0808 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-2025-0808.
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]. Draft RIS 2025-XX, ``Combined
License Review Procedure,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML25121A010.
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-2025-0808 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. Background
The NRC's mission is to protect public health and safety and
advance the Nation's common defense and security by enabling the safe
and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies
and radioactive materials through efficient and reliable licensing,
oversight, and regulation for the benefit of society and the
environment. The NRC is committed to reviewing all license applications
in an effective and efficient manner and employing risk informed
approaches to inform the scope of the NRC staff review.
Executive Order (E.O.) 14300, ``Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission,'' issued May 23, 2025, requires the NRC to
reform and modernize its regulations to include a ``deadline of no more
than 18 months for final decision on an application to construct and
operate a new reactor of any type, commencing with the first required
step in the regulatory process.'' The NRC will comply with the review
timeline in the E.O.
The NRC staff conducted public meetings on December 12, 2024, and
January 28, 2025, to receive comments, feedback, and ideas on how the
NRC should implement the requirement in ADVANCE Act Section 207. In
addition, the NRC staff conducted a meeting on March 4, 2025, to
solicit feedback on its approach for developing the draft RIS,
``Combined License Review Performance and Reporting.'' A summary of the
public comments, feedback, and ideas received and considered in the
development of the draft RIS may be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML25033A001 (package), ML25041A145, and ML25066A073 (package),
respectively.
III. Proposed Action
The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS. All
comments that are to receive consideration in the final RIS must be
submitted electronically or in writing as indicated in the ADDRESSES
section of this document. The NRC staff will make a final determination
regarding issuance of the RIS after it considers any public comments
received in response to this request.
IV. Executive Order 12866
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determined that
this draft RIS is not a significant regulatory action under E.O. 12866.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)
Dated: August 28, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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