ML24145A073
| ML24145A073 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hermes File:Kairos Power icon.png |
| Issue date: | 05/17/2024 |
| From: | Hastings P Kairos Power |
| To: | Office of Administration |
| References | |
| 89FR 2462 00002, NRC-2023-0138 | |
| Download: ML24145A073 (1) | |
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5/24/24, 6:59 AM blob:https://www.fdms.gov/e6f1e740-dce1-4573-acbd-4c487aef73ce SUNSI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 As of: 5/24/24, 6:58 AM E-RIDS=ADM-03 Received: May 17, 2024 ADD: Antoinette Walker-PUBLIC SUBMISSION Smith, Peyton Doub, Mary Status: Pending_Post Neely Tracking No. lwb-b26a-3fya
Comment (2) Comments Due: May 28, 2024 Publication Date:4/26/2024Submission Type: API Citation: 89 FR 32462 Docket: NRC-2023-0138 Kairos Power, LLC Receipt of Construction Permit Application
Comment On: NRC-2023-0138-0005 Kairos Power, LLC; Hermes 2; Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact
Document: NRC-2023-0138-DRAFT-0002 Comment on FR Doc # 2024-08964
Submitter Information
Email: bhughes@kairospower.com Organization: Kairos Power LLC
General Comment
Kairos Power appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the referenced Hermes 2 Construction Permit Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA). Kairos Power offers the attached comments to provide clarification on a handful of minor points.
Attachments
KP-NRC-2405-002 Kairos Power Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Hermes 2 Construction Permit Application
blob:https://www.fdms.gov/e6f1e740-dce1-4573-acbd-4c487aef73ce 1/1 KP-NRC-2405- 002
May 17, 2024 Docket No. 50- 611 Docket No. 50- 612
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001
Subject:
Kairos Power LLC Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Hermes 2 Construction Permit Application (Docket ID NRC-2023- 0138)
References:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Assessment for the Construction Permit for the Kairos Hermes 2 Test Reactor-Draft Report for Comment, April 2024, (ML24103A002)
Kairos Power appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the referenced Hermes 2 Construction Permit Draft Environmental Assessment (EA). Kairos Power concurs with the NRC staffs conclusion that:
- In consideration of the results of the recent Hermes environmental impact statement ( EIS), it was prudent to first prepare a draft EA to determine whether preparation of an EIS would be necessary, or whether a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) could be issued for the Hermes 2 construction permit; and
- On the basis of the draft EA, the proposed action would not significantly affect the quality of the human environment, a FONSI is appropriate, and an EIS is not necessary.
Kairos Power acknowledges the NRC staffs efforts to identify and implement innovative practices to make the regulatory process as efficient as possible. Kairos Power further encourages the continuation of such efforts, including extension of the use of EAs to the maximum extent practical, in order to enable the deployment of safe, clean, and reliable nuclear energy.
Additionally, Kairos Power offers the enclosed specific comments to provide clarification on a handful of minor points.
If you have any questions or need any additional information, please contact Marty Bryan at bryan@kairospower.com or (704) 317-7278, or Darrell Gardner at gardner@kairospower.com or (704) 769-1226.
Sincerely,
Peter Hastings, PE Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Quality
Kairos Power LLC www.kairospower.com 707 W Tower Ave, Suite A 5201 Hawking Dr SE 2115 Rexford Rd, Suite 325 Alameda, CA 94501 Albuquerque, NM 87106 Charlotte, NC 28211
KP-NRC-2405- 002 Page 2
Enclosure:
- 1) Comments on the Kairos Power Hermes 2 Test Reactor Construction Permit Draft Environmental Assessment
xc (w/enclosure):
Joshua Borromeo, Chief, NRR Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch Daniel Barnhurst, Chief, NMSS, Environmental Project Management Branch Michael Orenak, Project Manager, NRR Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch Peyton Doub, Environmental Project Manager, NMSS, Environmental Review Branch Mary Richmond, Environmental Project Manager, NMSS, Environmental Review Branch
KP-NRC-2405- 002
Enclosure 1 Comments on the Kairos Power Hermes 2 Test Reactor Construction Permit Draft Environmental Assessment (Non-Proprietary)
Comments on the Kairos Power Hermes 2 Test Reactor Construction Permit Draft Environmental Assessment
Comment Draft Environmental Impact Comment Number Statement Text and Location 1 Page 1 - 3, Line 14 : and prohibit Per quitclaim deed restriction 10 for the property groundwater extraction, ( ML22060A114 ), these activities are prohibited consumption, exposure, or use, without proper approval and authorization. Kairos in any way. Power suggests the phrase, without prior approval of the appropriate authorities, be added to this sentence.
2 Page 3 - 2, Line 30: and prohibit Per quitclaim deed restriction 10 for the property groundwater extraction, ( ML22060A114 ), these activities are prohibited consumption, exposure, or use, without proper approval and authorization. Kairos in any way. Power suggests the phrase, without prior approval of the appropriate authorities, be added to this sentence.
3 Page 3 - 26, Line 33 : Of all 101 This sentence includes details on weeken d shift operations positions, 59 workers workers that were not included in the Kairos Power are expected to be required response to NRC request for confirmation of onsite during normal weekday information (RCI) SE - 01, which was transmitted by operations (including nightshifts), letter dated April 12, 2024 (ML24103A242). Kairos and the remaining 42 workers Power requests that the wording in this sentence would cover weekend shifts reflect the information provided in the response to (Kairos 2024 - TN9866). RCI SE- 01, such that the wording and the remaining 42 workers would cover weekend shifts be replaced with the RCI SE - 01 response language, with fewer workers required on the weekend.
4 Page 3 - 32, Line 21 : only a small Kairos Power requests the phrase, in accordance volume of radioactive liquid with the limits specified in 10 CFR 20.2003, be effluent releases to sewer lines. added to this sentence.
5 Page 5 - 7, Line 14 : These losses Kairos Power believes, based on context and on the would irreversibly affect wildlife findings of this draft environmental assessment, populations in the surrounding that there may be an omission in this sentence. If area noticeably, and any affected this is accurate, Kairos Power requests that the populations can be expected to sentence be revised to read: These losses would subsequently recover. not irreversibly affect wildlife populations in the surrounding area noticeably, and any affected populations can be expected to subsequently recover.