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Letter - NRC Feedback on Terrapower Advanced SER QAPD
ML22018A300
Person / Time
Site: 99902100
Issue date: 01/21/2022
From: William Kennedy
NRC/NRR/DANU
To: Sprengel R
TerraPower
Sutton M
Shared Package
ML22018A301 List:
References
CAC 000431, EPID L-2020-TOP-0043
Download: ML22018A300 (3)


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Mr. Ryan Sprengel License Application Development Manager TerraPower, LLC 15800 Northup Way Bellevue, WA 98008

SUBJECT:

SAFETY EVALUATION REGARDING THE REVIEW OF TERRAPOWER, LLCS QUALITY ASSURANCE TOPICAL REPORT TP-QA-PD-0001, TERRAPOWER QA PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, REVISION 12 (EPID No. L-2020-TOP-0043/CAC NO. 000431)

Dear Mr. Sprengel:

By letter dated August 5, 2020, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20218A590) TerraPower, LLC (hereafter referred to as TerraPower), submitted for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review, its Topical Report TP-QA-PD-0001, TerraPower QA Program Description, Revision 9A. This topical report (TR) addresses the activities associated with the design and construction of TerraPowers advanced nuclear power reactor. By letters dated December 23, 2020, and February 26, 2021 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML21005A015 and ML21057A084, respectively), TerraPower responded to NRC staff requests for additional information (RAIs) and provided Revision 10 to Topical Report TP-QA-PD-0001. Subsequently, by letters dated May 28, 2021, and July 2, 2021 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML21148A236 and ML21183A200, respectively),

TerraPower responded to additional RAIs and provided Revisions 11 and 12 to Topical Report TP-QA-PD-0001, respectively.

The NRC staffs final safety evaluation (SE) for TerraPower Quality Assurance Topical Report TP-QA-PD-0001 TerraPower QA Program Description, Revision 12, is enclosed. The NRC provided TerraPower a draft of the SE for the purpose of identifying proprietary information on November 15, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22014A287) and TerraPower confirmed that the SE does not include proprietary information (ADAMS Accession No. ML22019A088).

The NRC staff requests that TerraPower publish an accepted version of this TR within 3 months of receipt of this letter. The accepted version shall incorporate this letter and the enclosed SE after the title page. The accepted version shall include an "-A" (designating accepted) following the TR identification symbol.

January 21, 2022

If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Mallecia Sutton at 301-415-0673 or by e-mail at Mallecia.Sutton@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, William Kennedy, Acting Chief Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No.: 99902087

Enclosures:

As stated Signed by Kennedy, William on 01/21/22

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