ML23254A192
| ML23254A192 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 99902078, 05200050 |
| Issue date: | 09/22/2023 |
| From: | Getachew Tesfaye NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB |
| To: | Fosaaen C NuScale |
| Shared Package | |
| ML23254A156 | List: |
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| Download: ML23254A192 (3) | |
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September 22, 2023 Ms. Carrie Fosaaen Vice President, Regulatory Affairs NuScale Power, LLC 1100 NE Circle Boulevard, Suite 200 Corvallis, OR 97330
SUBJECT:
NUSCALE US460 STANDARD DESIGN APPROVAL APPLICATION REVIEW RESOURCE ESTIMATE (DOCKET NOS. 05200050 and 99902078)
Dear Ms. Fosaaen:
This letter provides the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs resource estimates for the review of the NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale) standard design approval application (SDAA) for a US460 Small Modular Reactor. NuScale submitted the SDAA pursuant to the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 52, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.
By letter dated July 31, 2023 (available in the NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23198A163), the staff informed you that your staged SDAA, the last submittal of which was provided on December 31, 2022 (ML22339A066),
as supplemented by your letters dated July 14, 2023 (ML23195A092), and July 17, 2023 (ML23198A244), is acceptable for docketing. In the July 31, 2023, letter, the staff also provided a four phase, 24-month review schedule and committed to provide resource estimates within 60 days of the issuance of the letter. Accordingly, the staff has completed its evaluation of the resource needs and estimates the SDAA review will require approximately 50,000 staff hours and $650,000 for contractor support. This resource estimate does not include licensing topical report (LTR) review; those estimates are provided separately for each LTR submitted to support the SDAA.
The factors considered for establishing the review schedule described in the July 31, 2023, letter is applicable to the evaluation of this resources estimate, as well. Completing the NuScale review within the resources and schedules outlined in this and the July 31, 2023, letter will require NuScale to provide timely responses to staff questions, especially those involving High Impact Technical Issues and the four LTRs that are reviewed concurrently with the SDAA.
C. Fosaaen If you have any questions, I can be reached at (301) 415-8013 or by email at Getachew.Tesfaye@ nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Getachew Tesfaye, Senior Project Manager New Reactor Licensing Branch Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No: 05200050 cc: DC NuScale Power LLC Listserv
Pkg: ML23254A156 Letter: ML23254A192 Concurrence Sheet: ML23254A191
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MMitchell DATE 9/09/2023 9/11 /2023 9/21/2023 OFFICE NRR/DSS: D NRR/DNRL: D NRR/DNRL/NRLB: PM NAME JDonoghue BSmith GTesfaye DATE 9/22/2023 9/21/2023 9/22/2023