ML25097A070
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| Issue date: | 04/07/2025 |
| From: | NRC/OCM |
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CUI/ PRE-DECISIONAL Advanced Nuclear Power for Installation (ANPI) Project Program Director: Mohammed (Mo) Badal UNCLASSIFIED (U)
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2 BE ALL YOU CAN BE OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT Assistant Secretary of Defense (EI&E), Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), and Air Force Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
DOE NE, DOE-ID, and DOE National Labs (INL, PNNL, LANL, ANL, ORNL, SNL)
Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA), USACE, Army Material Command, Installation Management Command, Army Environmental Command, Legal Offices, Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison Nuclear Technology Developers Utility Providers CLASSIFICATION (U)
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3 BE ALL YOU CAN BE The Objectives Include:
- Provide mission readiness through energy resilience.
- Deploy nuclear power to Army installations and demonstrate the capability of nuclear power to provide safe, secure, reliable, and environmentally compliant electricity in support of Army installation readiness goals for mission critical assets and empower the warfighter.
- Address resiliency needs of the US Governments critical infrastructure while simultaneously stimulating micro reactor development and supply chain in the U.S.
The US Army is seeking a full lifecycle micro reactor power plant that would notionally start operations at an Army installation located in the Continental United States before the end of calendar year 2030. A nuclear power project include all stages of a micro reactors lifecycle: design, construction, operation, deconstruction, and returning the site to an unrestricted release status.
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4 BE ALL YOU CAN BE ANPI: Commercially Owned and Operated (COCO)
ANPI is using Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) due to the state of the industry and complexities inherent to microreactor licensing - both of which pose challenges to using FAR for nuclear power projects.
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Industry is nascent and developing - confirmed by Phase I AOI responses, market research, and down select II.
Flexibility to fund research, prototyping, and rapid development required to bring nuclear technology to maturity.
OTA will allow the Army to solicit data from multiple (5-7) vendors during Phase III of the CSO process to supplement existing market research with data informed by direct feedback from microreactors vendors.
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5 BE ALL YOU CAN BE OUR STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REGULATOR Participation in ANPI NRC Chairs Meeting with DoD Leadership Bi-Weekly Meeting MOU: NEPA MOU between Regulators: US Army Reactor Office Partnership with DIU CSO Process Pre-Application Engagement with our vendors Why NRC NRC is implement risk-informed and performance-based licensing strategies NRC have public confidence for Safety Subject Matter Expertise on Microreactor Technology Reponsible for environmental assessment and public hearing Timeline for review (ADVANCE Act) To accelerate the deployment of new nuclear reactors, the NRC will establish an expedited procedure for issuing combined licenses.
Design Safety Basis Enviromental Compliance Commercial Transportaion Certification Fuel Qualifciations Construciton Permit Design Permit Operating License Required Inspection over the life Cycle of the Plant Decommission and Destruction Nuclear Waste Fuel Management CLASSIFICATION (U)
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6 BE ALL YOU CAN BE Technology Readiness Level Cost Burden for First of a Kind (FOAK) Reactor Regulatory Path Uncertainty Fuel Vendors Manufacturing Capability WHERE WE NEED PROGRESS In Partnership with DIU, ANPI is the Army and Air Force Nuclear Power Project CLASSIFICATION (U)
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7 BE ALL YOU CAN BE QUESTIONS / COMMENTS CLASSIFICATION (U)
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