82 FR 15717 - NuScale Power, LLC

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 60 (March 30, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for docketing an application for a design certification of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) submitted by NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 60 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15717-15718]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06309]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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


NuScale Power, LLC

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License application; docketing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for 
docketing an application for a design certification of a Small Modular 
Reactor (SMR) submitted by NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale).

DATES: March 15, 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: 301-415-
3463; 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 
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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 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.'' A notice of receipt and availability of this application was 
previously published in the Federal Register on February 22, 2017 (82 
FR 11372).
    The NRC staff has determined that NuScale has submitted information 
in accordance with 10 CFR part 2, ``Rules of Practice for Domestic 
Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,'' and 10 CFR part 52 that 
is acceptable for docketing. The docket number established for this 
application is 52-048.
    The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the 
design certification application. Docketing of the design certification 
application does not preclude the NRC from requesting additional 
information from the applicant as the review proceeds, nor does it 
predict whether the Commission will grant or deny the application. A 
notice relating to the rulemaking pursuant to 10 CFR 52.51 for design 
certification, including provisions for participation of the public and 
other parties, will be published in the future.
    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 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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of March, 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank Akstulewicz,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2017-06309 Filed 3-29-17; 8:45 am]
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