82 FR 11372 - NuScale Power, LLC

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 34 (February 22, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received a design certification application (DCA) from NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale), on January 6, 2017, for a Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The DCA package included a transmittal letter, dated December 31, 2016, which indicated the application would be supplemented with one topical report and four technical reports by January 10, 2017. By January 12, 2017, NuScale provided updated files that allowed for the successful completion of the NRC's electronic processing of the DCA package.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Project No. 0769; NRC-2017-0043]


NuScale Power, LLC

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Design certification application; receipt.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received a design 
certification application (DCA) from NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale), on 
January 6, 2017, for a Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The DCA package 
included a transmittal letter, dated December 31, 2016, which indicated 
the application would be supplemented with one topical report and four 
technical reports by January 10, 2017. By January 12, 2017, NuScale 
provided updated files that allowed for the successful completion of 
the NRC's electronic processing of the DCA package.

DATES: The application was received on January 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0043 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0043. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; 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 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then 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, 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. The entire NuScale application is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML17013A229.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Bruce Bavol, Office of New Reactors, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-6715, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated December 31, 2016, NuScale 
filed an application for a standard design certification of the NuScale 
SMR with the NRC, pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended, and part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for 
Nuclear Power Plants.''
    The NuScale SMR is a pressurized-water reactor (PWR). The design is 
based on the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) 
developed at Oregon State University in the early 2000s. The NuScale 
SMR is a natural circulation light-water reactor with the reactor core 
and helical coil steam generator located in a common reactor vessel in 
a cylindrical steel containment. The NuScale power module is immersed 
in water in a safety related pool. The reactor pool is located below 
grade and is designed to hold up to twelve (12) power modules. Each 
NuScale SMR has a rated thermal output of 160 megawatts thermal (MWt) 
and electrical output of 50 megawatts electric (MWe). Each plant can 
hold up to 12 modules yielding a total capacity of 600 MWe.
    The acceptability of the tendered application for docketing and 
other matters relating to the requested rulemaking pursuant to 10 CFR 
52.51 for design certification, including provisions for participation 
of the public and other parties, will be the subject of subsequent 
Federal Register notices.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of February, 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frank Akstulewicz,
 Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2017-03438 Filed 2-21-17; 8:45 am]
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