ML23297A229
| ML23297A229 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hermes |
| Issue date: | 10/24/2023 |
| From: | Megan Wright NRC/OGC |
| To: | NRC/OCM |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| Construction Permit Mndtry Hrg, RAS 56830, 50-7513-CP | |
| Download: ML23297A229 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of KAIROS POWER LLC Docket No. 50-7513-CP (Hermes Test Reactor)
NRC STAFF REVISED EXHIBIT LIST The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (Staff) hereby files its revised exhibit list for the mandatory hearing on the Kairos Power LLC Construction Permit application. The exhibit list is being updated to reflect a revision to NRC-009, Staff Presentation Slides -
Overview Panel, which is now designated NRC-009-R.
The revision to NRC-009 corrects an error regarding the absence of an arrow connecting the Final NEPA Document box and the Mandatory Hearing box on the flowchart depicted on Slide 18. Slide 18 now reflects the connecting arrow. The inadvertent omission of the connecting arrow was not intended to convey a Staff position that its environmental review is an unnecessary input to the mandatory hearing.
The Commission has acknowledged that NRC requirements for mandatory hearings stem from both the Atomic Energy Act and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 1 The Commission has also stated its expectation that presiding officers for uncontested hearings determine baseline NEPA questions, i.e., whether the NEPA process has been complied 1 Exelon Generation Co. (Clinton ESP Site), Dominion Nuclear, LLC (North Anna ESP Site),
System Energy Resources, Inc. (Grand Gulf ESP Site), Louisiana Energy Services, L.P.
(National Enrichment Facility), USEC, Inc. (American Centrifuge Plant), CLI-05-17, 62 NRC 5, 29-31 (2005) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 4321; 10 C.F.R. § 51.105(a)(1)-(3)).
with, what is the appropriate final balance among conflicting factors, and whether the construction permit should be issued, denied or appropriately conditioned. 2 Consistent with previous Commission statements, and with 10 C.F.R. § 51.105(a)(4), the Hearing Notice for the Kairos mandatory hearing stated that the Commission would consider in an uncontested proceeding whether the NEPA review conducted by the NRC staff had been adequate. 3 The Staff regrets the confusion associated with Slide 18.
Staff counsel informed Kaiross counsel of the revision described above. Kaiross counsel advised that it has no objection to the revised exhibit list and the admission of Exhibit NRC-009-R into the record.
Respectfully submitted,
/Signed (electronically) by/
Megan Wright Counsel for NRC Staff Mail Stop: O-14-A44 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (516) 765-6523 E-mail: megan.wright@nrc.gov 2 Id. at 45; see Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee, Inc v. U.S. Atomic Energy Commn, 449 F.2d 1109, 1118 (1971) (The Commission's regulations provide that in an uncontested proceeding the hearing board shall on its own determine whether the application and the record of the proceeding contain sufficient information, and the review of the application by the Commission's regulatory staff has been adequate, to support affirmative findings on various nonenvironmental factors. NEPA requires at least as much automatic consideration of environmental factors. In uncontested hearings, the board need not necessarily go over the same ground covered in the detailed statement. But it must at least examine the statement carefully to determine whether the reviewby the Commission's regulatory staff has been adequate. And it must independently consider the final balance among conflicting factors that is struck in the staff's recommendation.) (citation omitted).
3 See 88 Fed. Reg. 60,724, 60,724-25 (Sept. 5, 2023).
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Executed in accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d)
Anita Ghosh Naber Counsel for NRC Staff Mail Stop: O-14-A44 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (301) 415-0764 E-mail: anita.ghoshnaber@nrc.gov Blake Vaisey Counsel for NRC Staff Mail Stop: O-14-A44 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (301) 415-0995 E-mail: blake.vaisey@nrc.gov Dated at Lewes, Delaware this 24th day of October, 2023 3
Staff Exhibits for Kairos Hermes Mandatory Hearing Exhibit Panel Number / Exhibit Title ADAMS Accession Number Number Sponsoring Witness(es)
NRC- Mohamed SECY-23-0074, Staff ML23123A064 001 Shams & Statement in Support of the Christopher Uncontested Hearing for Regan Issuance of a Construction Permit for the Kairos Hermes Test Reactor (August 23, 2023).
NRC- Mohamed Draft Construction Permit for ML23209A659 002 Shams Kairos Power LLC (October 6, 2023).
NRC- Christopher Draft Summary Record of ML23192A766 003 Regan Decision for Kairos Hermes Test Reactor Construction Permit (October 10, 2023).
NRC- Mohamed NRC Staff Responses to ML23271A250 004 Shams and Commission Pre-Hearing Christopher Questions (September 28, Regan 2023)
NRC- Mohamed Kairos Power LLC, ML21272A376 005A Shams Construction Permit Application - Cover Letter (September 29, 2021).
NRC- Mohamed Kairos Power LLC, ML21272A377 005B Shams Construction Permit Application - General Information (September 29, 2021).
NRC- Mohamed Kairos Power LLC, ML23151A743 005C Shams Construction Permit Application - Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR), Revision 3 (May 31, 2023).
NRC- Mohamed Kairos Power LLC, ML22272A598 005D Shams Construction Permit Application, Enclosure 4 - KP-TR-017-NP, KP-FRN Core Design and Analysis Methodology, Revision 1 (September 29, 2022).
NRC- Mohamed Kairos Power LLC, ML23055A676 005E Shams Construction Permit Application, Enclosure 3 - KP-TR-018, Postulated Event 1
Analysis Methodology, Revision 2 (February 24, 2023).
NRC- Christopher Kairos Power LLC, ML23089A386 005F Regan Construction Permit Application - Environmental Report, Revision 1 (March 30, 2023).
NRC- Mohamed NON-PUBLIC - Kairos Power ML21272A380 006A Shams LLC, Construction Permit Application, Enclosure 4 -
Financial Information (September 29, 2021).
NRC- Mohamed NON-PUBLIC - Kairos Power ML22272A596 006B Shams LLC, Construction Permit Application, Enclosure 2 -
KP-TR-017-P, KP-FRN Core Design and Analysis Methodology, Revision 1 (September 29, 2022).
NRC- Mohamed NON-PUBLIC - Kairos Power ML23055A675 006C Shams LLC, Construction Permit Application, Enclosure 2 -
KP-TR-018, Postulated Event Analysis Methodology, Revision 2 (February 24, 2023).
NRC- Mohamed Safety Evaluation Related to ML23158A268 007 Shams the Kairos Power LLC Construction Permit Application for the Hermes Test Reactor (June 13, 2023).
NRC- Christopher NUREG-2263, Environmental ML23214A269 008 Regan Impact Statement for the Construction Permit for the Kairos Hermes Test Reactor (August 17, 2023).
NRC- Mohamed Staff Presentation Slides - N/A 009-R Shams and Overview Panel (originally Christopher filed October 12, 2023)
Regan (revised October 24, 2023).
NRC- Mohamed Staff Presentation Slides - N/A 010 Shams Safety Panel (October 12, 2023).
NRC- Christopher Staff Presentation Slides - N/A 011 Regan Environmental Panel (October 12, 2023).
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of KAIROS POWER LLC Docket No. 50-7513-CP (Hermes Test Reactor)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305, I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC STAFF REVISED EXHIBIT LIST, dated October 24, 2023, have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above-captioned proceeding, this 24th day of October, 2023.
/Signed (electronically) by/
Megan Wright Counsel for NRC Staff Mail Stop: O-14-A44 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (516) 765-6523 E-mail: megan.wright@nrc.gov Dated at Lewes, Delaware this 24th day of October, 2023