[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 227 (Friday, November 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54765-54766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21401]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 99902080; NRC-2025-1171]
Atomic Alchemy Operators LLC; VIPR Idaho LLC; Construction Permit
Application
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; receipt.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing
public notice of receipt and availability for the first part of a
construction permit application for a four-unit reactor facility from
Atomic Alchemy Inc. on behalf of Atomic Alchemy Operators LLC and VIPR
Idaho LLC. The first part of the construction permit application was
received on September 12, 2025.
DATES: November 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-1171 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-2025-1171. 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
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https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select
``Begin ADAMS Public 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: Linh Tran, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-4103; email: [email protected].
I. Discussion
On September 12, 2025, Atomic Alchemy Inc., on behalf of Atomic
Alchemy Operators LLC and VIPR Idaho LLC, transmitted to the NRC the
first part of an application, pursuant to section 103 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and part 50 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,'' for a construction permit for a four-unit,
non-power, light-water-cooled, pool-type Versatile Isotope Production
Reactor (VIPR) facility to be located at the Idaho National Laboratory
desert site, in Bingham County, Idaho. Each VIPR unit utilizes low-
enriched fuel and contains irradiation positions for radiating targets.
The VIPR units and related processing hot cells and target fabrication
are referred to as the Meitner-1 facility.
As part of the construction permit application, Atomic Alchemy
Inc., on behalf of Atomic Alchemy Operators LLC and VIPR Idaho LLC,
requested an exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5)
that would allow the submission of the second part of the application,
the environmental report, within six months of the first part.
The first part of the construction permit application and the
exemption request are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML25255A199 (package) and ML25255A203, respectively.
The NRC staff is currently reviewing the exemption request and
undertaking its acceptance review of the first part of the construction
permit application. If the exemption request is granted and the
application is accepted for docketing, a subsequent Federal Register
notice will be issued that addresses the acceptability of the first
part of the application for docketing and provisions for participation
of the public in the permitting process.
A Federal Register notice of receipt and availability for the
second part of the construction permit application will be issued after
the NRC receives the second part of the application. If the second part
of the application is accepted for docketing, a subsequent Federal
Register notice will be issued that addresses the acceptability of the
second part of the application for docketing and provisions for
participation of the public in the permitting process.
Dated: November 24, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeffrey Rady,
Chief, Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Licensing
Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and
Utilization Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-21401 Filed 11-26-25; 8:45 am]
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