ML24051A031

Terrapower - Audit Summary Report Letter - Principal Design Criteria

ML24051A031
Person / Time
Site:	99902100
Issue date:	01/30/2024
From:	Brusselmans R NRC/NRR/DANU/UAL1
To:	George Wilson TerraPower
References
EPID L-2023-TOP-0020
Download: ML24051A031 (1)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 30, 2024 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, "PRINCIPAL DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE NATRIUM ADVANCED REACTOR," REVISION 0 (EPID NO. L-2023-TOP-0020)

Dear Mr. Wilson:

By letter dated January 24, 2023, TerraPower, LLC (TerraPower) submitted topical report (TR)

NATD-LIC-RPRT-002, Principal Design Criteria for the Natrium Advanced Reactor, Revision 0 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23024A281) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff. The TR describes TerraPowers principal design criteria to be used by applicants using TerraPowers Natrium reactor design as part of future licensing submittals. 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 August 22, 2023 (ML23201A247).

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: ML24051A029 Letter: ML24051A031

Enclosure:

ML24051A030 OFFICE NRR/DANU/UAL1:PM NRR/DANU/UAL1:PM NRR/DANU/UAL1:LA NAME RBrusselmans SDevlin-Gill DGreene DATE 1/3/2024 1/4/2024 1/10/2024 OFFICE NRR/DANU/UAL1:BC NRR/DANU/UAL1:PM NAME WJessup RBrusselmans DATE 1/29/2024 1/30/2024