[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57221-57223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22422]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-0077]
Information Collection: Scheduling Information for the Licensing
of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public
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comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for an existing collection of information. The information
collection is entitled, ``Scheduling Information for the Licensing of
Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels.''
DATES: Submit comments by February 9, 2026. 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-2025-0077. Address
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: Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
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: Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0077 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-2025-0077. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2025-0077 on this website.
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 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]. A copy of the collection of information and
related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS
Accession No. ML25150A318. The supporting statement and burden
spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML25120A349 and
ML25120A388, respectively.
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.
NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
contacting the NRC's Acting Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856 email:
[email protected].
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2025-0077, in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are
posted at https://www.regulations.gov and entered into ADAMS. Comment
submissions are not routinely edited 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 comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to
request the OMB's approval for the information collection summarized as
follows.
1. The title of the information collection: Scheduling Information
for the Licensing of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased
Enrichment Fuels.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0258.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All holders of
operating licenses for nuclear power reactors under the provisions of
part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' or
holders of a combined license under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' except those
that have permanently ceased operations and have certified that fuel
has been permanently removed from the reactor vessel. All holders of
licenses and potential applicants for a fuel cycle facility under the
provisions of 10 CFR part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear
Material,'' and holders of licenses and Certificates of Compliance and
potential applicants for transportation and storage systems under the
provisions of 10 CFR part 71, ``Packaging and Transportation of
Radioactive Material,'' and 10 CFR part 72, ``Licensing Requirements
for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level
Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste.''
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 14.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 14.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 140.
10. Abstract: The accident tolerant fuel (ATF) program is a joint
effort between the U.S. nuclear industry and the U.S. Department of
Energy to design and pursue approval of various fuel types with
enhanced accident tolerance. The ATF program includes development of
technologies that would extend fuel burnup and enrichment
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limits beyond currently authorized levels. In order to deploy these new
technologies, the industry will need to seek authorization for various
activities throughout the fuel cycle, from fuel fabrication,
transportation, and storage to installation and utilization in a
reactor. In order to support the timely processing of licensing
activities needed to support the deployment of these new technologies,
the NRC is seeking scheduling information for licensing submittals from
all respondents. This information will allow the NRC to better allocate
its resources to support the activities associated with licensing these
technologies while being better able to meet the industry's desired
timeline.
III. Specific Requests for Comments
The NRC is seeking comments that address the following questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical
utility? Please explain your answer.
2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection
accurate? Please explain your answer.
3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the information collection on respondents
be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology?
Dated: December 5, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
NRC Acting Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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