ML23331A275

Response Request to Reopen the NuScale Standard Design Approval Application Comment Period

ML23331A275
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Site:	05200050
Issue date:	11/29/2023
From:	Getachew Tesfaye NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB
To:	Fields S Uranium Watch
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ML23331A273	List: ML23331A274 ML23331A275
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November 29, 2023 Ms. Sarah Fields Program Director, Uranium Watch P.O. Box 1112 Moab, Utah 84532

SUBJECT:

REQUEST TO REOPEN THE NUSCALE STANDARD DESIGN APPROVAL APPLICATION COMMENT PERIOD - DOCKET NO. 05200050

Dear Ms. Fields:

By email dated October 30, 2023, (available in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23331A274), you requested that the NRC reopen the NuScale Standard Design Approval Application (SDAA) comment period and keep the comment period open until all relevant SDAA documents have been submitted to the NRC and the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards completes its review of the NuScale SDAA. You also requested that the NRC keep the NRC SDAA website updated, provide the application and pre-application docket numbers, provide links to the ADAMS SDAA and pre-application dockets, post other SDAA submittals, and post meeting summaries, requests for additional information, and other significant records in the Application Review Documents for the NuScale US460 Standard Design Approval web page.

The NRC staff reviewed your request and concluded that there is no compelling reason to reopen the comment period since comments received after the commenting period will be considered, if it is practical to do so. Federal Register Notice (FRN) 88 FR 51874 was issued on August 4, 2023, providing a Docket ID (NRC-2023-0027), locations and directions on where and how to access NuScale SDAA information (FSAR, Response to Requests for Supplemental Information, Topical reports, and docketing decision with a Docket No.52-050) on which comments were to be submitted by October 3, 2023 (60 days from the FRN publication date).

The FRN says, Submit comments by October 3, 2023. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. In the FRN, a contact was provided to address questions about Docket IDs. The NRC expects a prompt request for help if someone had difficulties locating the SDA documents that are referenced in the FRN. The public should rely on the FRN that provided the scope of the information on which comments should be made; the FRN also provides adequate opportunity to access the relevant documents for comments.

The NRC staff periodically updates its website related to its review of the NuScale SDAA, https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/smr/licensing-activities/current-licensing-reviews/nuscale-us460.html. This includes the NRC SDAA Overall Review Progress dashboard. The website was last updated on August 1, 2023, and will be updated with additional information. As the staff can only include limited and key information on the website,

S. Fields 2 we advise the public to rely on the NRCs publicly available ADAMS for all official information on the application Docket No. 05200050.

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

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