[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21321-21322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07677]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Project No. 99902094; NRC-2026-1717]
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; 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 of an application for a
construction permit from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(U. of I.). The construction permit application is dated March 27,
2026.
DATES: April 21, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-1717 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-2026-1717. 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: Edward Helvenston, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4067; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
By letter dated March 27, 2026, U. of I. filed, pursuant to Section
104c. 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,'' an application
for a construction permit for a single-unit research reactor proposed
to be located on the U. of I. campus in Champaign, Illinois. The
reactor is to be identified as the U. of I. KRONOS\TM\ Micro Modular
Reactor and would be based on a high-temperature gas-cooled design that
utilizes solid tri-structural isotropic fuel.
The construction permit application is available in ADAMS under
Package Accession No. ML26090A463. Along with other documents, the
ADAMS package includes the transmittal letter (ADAMS Accession No.
ML26090A464), the preliminary safety analysis report (ADAMS Accession
No. ML26090A467), and the environmental report (ADAMS Accession No.
ML26090A468). The information submitted by the applicant includes
certain administrative information such as financial qualifications
submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.33, technical information submitted
pursuant to 10 CFR 50.34, and the environmental report submitted
pursuant to 10 CFR part 51, ``Environmental Protection Regulations for
Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.''
The NRC staff is currently undertaking its acceptance review of the
construction permit application. If the application is accepted for
docketing, subsequent Federal Register notices will be issued that
address the acceptability of the application for docketing and
provisions for participation of the public in the permitting process.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)
Dated: April 16, 2026.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Edward Helvenston,
Senior Project Manager, 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. 2026-07677 Filed 4-20-26; 8:45 am]
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