ML23235A223

Letter to J Wheeler Re TRISO-X Fff EIS RAIs Part 2 -1

ML23235A223
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Site:	Triso-X
Issue date:	11/20/2023
From:	Caverly J Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
To:	Wheeler J Triso-X
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November 20, 2023 Jennifer Wheeler Director, Regulatory Affairs TRISO-X, LLC 801 Thompson Avenue Rockville, MD 20852

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PART 2 - 1 FOR THE APPLICATION FROM TRISO-X, LLC FOR SPEICAL NUCLAR MATERIAL LICENSE FOR USE AT A FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE (DOCKET NUMBER: 70-7027)

Dear Jennifer Wheeler By letter dated November 18, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepted for detailed review an application for a special nuclear material license for use at a TRISO-X, LLC (TRISO-X) fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. TRISO-X submitted the application in several parts including the safety analysis report dated April 5, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) ML22101A200),

supplemented by letters dated October 13, 2022 (ML22286A144), and November 4, 2022 (ML22308A251), and an environmental report dated September 23, 2022 (ML22266A269).

The NRC staff is conducting a detailed technical review of your application including the environmental report and has determined that additional information is necessary in connection with its review and development of an environmental impact statement. The staff sent TRISO-X Part 1 of a request for additional information (RAI) by letter dated March 17, 2023 (ML23072A456). You responded to that request by letter dated April 17, 2023 (ML23104A419).

The continuation of the staffs review of the application has identified additional RAIs. The enclosure to this letter is Part 2 -1 for the RAI.

J. Wheeler We request that you provide responses within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you are unable to meet these deadlines, please notify the NRC staff in writing, within two weeks of receipt of this letter, of your new submittal date and the reasons for the delay. Please reference Docket Number: 70-7027 in future correspondence related to the technical review for this licensing action. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-7674 or via email at Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Caverly, Jill on 11/20/23 Jill Caverly, Acting Chief Environmental Project Management 2 Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No.:70-7027

Enclosure:

Requests for Additional Information - Part 2 - 1

ML23083B373 OFFICE REFS: PM REFS:LA REFS: BC NAME JCaverly AWalker-Smith MRome DATE 11/20/2023 10/02/2023 10/03/2023