ML25058A426
| ML25058A426 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/28/2025 |
| From: | Raji Thaivalappil NRC/NRR/DRMA/RPSBI |
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| Download: ML25058A426 (1) | |
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Operating Reactors Business Line Fee Estimates (February 2025)
This information is a compilation of completed historic actions. Actual costs for future applications may vary depending on the specific circumstances. The NRC is committed to fulfilling its safety mission in a timely and cost-effective manner. The NRC staff has taken a number of actions since completion of the actions that were used to generate the below table to streamline and optimize licensing reviews.
The NRC expects that efficiencies gained from these actions will reduce costs for future applicants. The NRC encourages licensees and applicants to engage in pre-application activities with NRC staff to facilitate mutual understanding of the regulatory process, gain schedule alignment, and resolve any foreseen technical challenges before the application is submitted.
The estimated hours shown in this chart represent NRC professional staff hours associated with project management and engineering review. The distribution of time among professional staff members (job categories) working on a project vary within each activity and from project to project. However, a single professional hourly rate is applied to all hours regardless of which professional staff contributed these hours. Indirect costs are included in the applied hourly rate as published in the current NRC Fee Rule. The average, high, and low estimates of hours shown in this chart are only intended to provide an approximate estimate of the total cost of NRC work on a billable activity based upon historical data.
In addition, contractors are used to assist the NRC to complete projects. Contractors can be used to supplement NRC staff or provide a particular expertise required for the project. Similar to the hourly estimates, the average, high, and low estimates for contractor costs shown here are only intended to provide an approximate estimate of total contractor billable costs on an activity based upon historical data.
STAFF Hours CONTRACTOR Costs Licensing Action Low Level of Effort High Level of Effort Average Low Level of Effort High Level of Effort Average Amendments - simple1 18.25 2418 176.83
$ 17,509
$ 134,243
$ 56,775 Notices of Enforcement Discretion1 15.5 40 27 Exemptions1 3.5 186.75 13.26
$ 18,041
$ 18,041
$ 18,041 License Transfers 24.5 141.5 20.74 Orders Relief Requests1 28 606 55.41
$ 25,469
$ 25,469
$ 25,469 Power Uprates - Measurement Uncertainty Recapture2 Power Uprates - Stretch Uprate2 Power Uprates - Extended Power Uprate2 Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities (Research and Test Reactor) - Amendments3 18 1,343
Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities (Research and Test Reactor) - Construction Permit Application Review 13,483 18,818 16,151
$ 251,798
$ 464,616 358,2 07 Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities (Medical Radioisotope Facility) - Construction Permit Application Review 11,396 19,856 15,796
$ 100,000 70,000 Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities (Research and Test Reactor) Facility Inspections 43 162 103 Topical Reports - Safety Evaluation Confirmation 30 60 45 Topical Reports-Uncomplicated Review 75 150 125
$ 25,000
$ 50,000
$ 40,000 Topical Reports - Compressed Review 150 1100 750
$ 100,000
$ 300,000
$ 200,000 Topical Reports - Standard Review 750 3,000 1300
$ 250,000
$ 500,000
$ 400,000 License Renewals4 13,800 19,700 16,750
$ 40,000
$ 120,000
$ 80,000 Subsequent License Renewals4 21,000 30,100 25,850
$ 40,000
$ 436,000
$ 238,000 Baseline Inspections 1,625 2,276 1,815 Inspection Support Activities 2,300 4,900 3,550 95001 - Supplemental Inspection Response to Action Matrix Column 2 Inputs 16 120 68 95002 - Supplemental Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area 150 250 200 95003 - Supplemental Inspection for Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow Inputs or One Red Input 1,875 4,125 3,000 Other Inspections and Assessment 40 330 185 Engineering Inspection Support
$ 60,000
$ 100,000
$ 80,000
- For Current NRC labor rates, refer to the most recent Fee Rule. For FY24, the rate is $317/hour.
1 Less than 2 percent of these actions were accomplished with the use of contract support.
2 The schedule and resources required to review new PUR applications will be heavily dependent on many factors. The NRC has established timeliness goals to complete new applications for an extended power uprate within 12 months and 5000 hours0.0579 days <br />1.389 hours <br />0.00827 weeks <br />0.0019 months <br />, a stretch power uprate within 9 months and 1840 hours0.0213 days <br />0.511 hours <br />0.00304 weeks <br />7.0012e-4 months <br />, and a MUR power uprate within 6 months and 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br />. The most up to date information on PURs and NRCs readiness to review new PUR applications can be found on the NRC website https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/power-uprates.html.
3 Providing an average is not useful due to variation in the subjects of amendments.
4The NRC is committed to fulfilling its safety mission in a timely and cost-effective manner. The NRC staff has taken a number of actions to increase effectiveness and efficiency in license renewal reviews. The NRC estimates that efficiencies gained from these actions will allow future license renewal reviews to be completed in 14,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> or less and within 18 months after application acceptance.