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Terrapower, LLC - Summary Report on the Regulatory Audit of Topical Report, an Analysis of Potential Volcanic Hazards at the Proposed Natrium Site Near Kemmerer, Wyoming, Revision 0A
ML23338A051
Person / Time
Site: 99902100
Issue date: 12/04/2023
From: Brusselmans R
NRC/NRR/DANU/UAL1
To: George Wilson
TerraPower
References
EPID L-2023-TOP-0027
Download: ML23338A051 (1)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 4, 2023 Mr. George Wilson Vice President, Regulatory Affairs TerraPower, LLC 15800 Northup Way Bellevue, WA 98008

SUBJECT:

TERRAPOWER, LLC -

SUMMARY

REPORT ON THE REGULATORY AUDIT OF TOPICAL REPORT, AN ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL VOLCANIC HAZARDS AT THE PROPOSED NATRIUM SITE NEAR KEMMERER, WYOMING, REVISION 0A (EPID NO. L-2023-TOP-0027)

Dear Mr. Wilson:

By letter dated April 25, 2023, TerraPower, LLC (TerraPower) submitted topical report (TR) TP-LIC-LET-0070, Revision 0A, An Analysis of Potential Volcanic Hazards at the Proposed Natrium Site Near Kemmerer, Wyoming (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23115A387) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff. The TR describes TerraPowers volcanic hazard characterization for the design and operation of the proposed Natrium reactor at the Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 site. Enclosed is a summary report on the regulatory audit conducted by the NRC staff in connection with its ongoing review of the TR. The audit followed the plan dated September 1, 2023, (ML23248A199) unless otherwise noted in the enclosed report. The audit summary report does not make any licensing conclusions or findings, but it is part of the administrative record of the NRC staffs review of the TR and may provide information supporting the NRC staffs safety evaluation. No requests for additional information were identified as part of the audit and there are no open items resulting from the audit. The report constitutes the final report on the audit.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-0829 or by via email at Roel.Brusselmans@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Roel Brusselmans, Project Manager Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch 1 Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No.: 99902100

Enclosure:

As stated Cc: TerraPower Natrium via Gov Delivery

Package: ML23338A047 Letter: ML23338A051

Enclosure:

ML23338A052 OFFICE NRR/DANU/UAL1:PM NRR/DANU/UAL1:PM NRR/DANU/UAL1:LA NAME RBrusselmans SDevlin-Gill DGreene DATE 11/28/2023 11/28/2023 11/29/2023 OFFICE NRR/DANU/UAL1:BC NRR/DANU/UAL1:PM NAME WJessup RBrusselmans DATE 12/3/2023 12/4/2023