ML22075A083
| ML22075A083 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/15/2022 |
| From: | Mayer A Division of Operating Reactor Licensing |
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| Mayer A, NRR/DORL | |
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| Download: ML22075A083 (3) | |
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Operating Reactors Business Line Fee Estimates (April 2020)
The table below offers resource estimates for licensing activities for the operating reactors business line. This information is being offered to enhance stakeholder awareness of the costs associated with these services. Actual costs may vary depending on the specific circumstances.
The estimated hours shown in this chart represent NRC professional staff hours associated with project management and engineering review. The distribution of time among professional staff members (job categories) working on a project vary within each activity and from project to project.
However, a single professional hourly rate is applied to all hours regardless of which professional staff contributed these hours. Indirect costs are included in the applied hourly rate as published in the current NRC Fee Rule. The average, high, and low estimates of hours shown in this chart are only intended to provide an approximate estimate of the total cost of NRC work on a billable activity based upon historical data.
In addition, contractors are used to assist the NRC to complete projects. Contractors can be used to supplement NRC staff or provide a particular expertise required for the project. Similar to the hourly estimates, the average, high, and low estimates for contractor costs shown here are only intended to provide an approximate estimate of total contractor billable costs on an activity based upon historical data.
Staff Hours* Contractor Costs Low Level of High Level of Low Level of High level of Licensing Action Effort Effort Average Effort effort Average Amendments - simple 5 3,217 168 $16,500*** $126,500*** $53,500***
Notices of Enforcement Discretion 7 24 12 $0 $0 $0
Exemptions 24 385 99 $17,000*** $17,000*** $17,000***
License Transfers 12 418 128 $0 $0 $0
Orders 20 75 35 $0 $0 $0
Relief Requests 5 355 51 $24,000*** $24,000*** $24,000***
Power Uprates - Measurement Uncertainty 1,736 1,772 1,758 $0 $0 $0 Recapture Staff Hours* Contractor Costs Low Level of High Level of Low Level of High level of Licensing Action Effort Effort Average Effort effort Average Power Uprates - Stretch Uprate 600 2,500 ** $0 $0 $0
Power Uprates - Extended Power Uprate 4,000 12,160 4,080 $0 $0 $0
Non-Power Production and Utilization 714 6,677 2,159 $164,000 $313,000 $238,000 Facilities (Research and Test Reactor) -
License Renewals Non-Power Production and Utilization 18 1,170 ** $26,000 $91,000 $58,000 Facilities (Research and Test Reactor) -
Amendments Non-Power Production and Utilization 11,396 19,856 15,796 $40,000 $100,000 $70,000 Facilities (Medical Radioisotope Facility) -
Construction Permit Application Review Non-Power Production and Utilization 13,100 33,850 22,450 $40,000 $100,000 $70,000 Facilities (Medical Radioisotope Facility) -
Operating License Application Review Non-Power Production and Utilization 4,500 5,760 5,130 $0 $0 $0 Facilities (Research and Test Reactor) Oversight Program
Non-Power Production and Utilization 1,510 3,020 1,510 $0 $0 $0 Facilities (Medical Radioisotope Facility)
Construction Oversight Topical Reports-simple 250 700 600 $70,000 $150,000 $105,000
Topical Reports - med complex 500 2,000 1,350 $150,000 $300,000 $175,000
Topical Reports - high complex 2,000 4,000 3,000 $300,000 $300,000 $425,000
License Renewals 13,800 19,700 16,750 $40,000 $120,000 $80,000
Subsequent License Renewals 21,000 30,100 25,850 $40,000 $436,000 $238,000 Staff Hours* Contractor Costs Low Level of High Level of Low Level of High level of Licensing Action Effort Effort Average Effort effort Average Baseline Inspections 1,625 2,100 1,863 $0 $0 $0
Inspection Support Activities 2,300 4,900 3,550 $0 $0 $0
95001 - Supplemental Inspection Response 40 120 80 $0 $0 $0 to Action Matrix Column 2
95002 - Supplemental Inspection for One 100 200 150 $0 $0 $0 Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area
95003 - Supplemental Inspection for 750 3,000 1,875 $0 $0 $0 Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow Inputs or One Red Input 40 330 185 $0 $0 $0 Other Inspections and Assessment
Design Basis Assurance (DBA) Inspection: 210 278 244 $17,107 $65,577 $119,417 Inspection Procedures 71111.21M and 71111.21N
- For Current NRC labor rates, refer to the most recent Fee Rule. For FY19, the rate is $278/hour.
- Providing an average is not useful due to variation in the subjects of amendments.
- Less than 2 percent of these actions were accomplished with the use of contract support