[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3739-3740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01704]


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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; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted a 
request by Atomic Alchemy Inc., on behalf of Atomic Alchemy Operators 
LLC and VIPR Idaho LLC, to withdraw its construction permit 
application. The construction permit application was for a four-unit, 
non-power, light-water-cooled, pool-type Versatile Isotope Production 
Reactor facility to be located at the Idaho National Laboratory desert 
site, in Bingham County, Idaho.

DATES: January 28, 2026.

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 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: Justin Hudson, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-0538; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted a request by Atomic 
Alchemy, Inc., on behalf of Atomic Alchemy Operators LLC and VIPR Idaho 
LLC, to withdraw its construction permit application dated September 
12, 2025. The construction permit application was 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. On November 28, 2025, the NRC 
published in the Federal Register a notice of receipt and availability 
(90 FR 54765) of the construction permit application. The construction 
permit application and the letter requesting its withdrawal dated 
December 19, 2025, are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. 
ML25255A199 (package) and ML25353A630, respectively.


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    Dated: January 26, 2026.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeffrey Rady,
Chief, Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch, 
Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization 
Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2026-01704 Filed 1-27-26; 8:45 am]
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