ML25108A141

Cover Letter - Set 13 of Requests for Additional Information for Chapter 1 and 2 of the TRISO-X License Application Review

ML25108A141
Person / Time
Site:	Triso-X
Issue date:	05/05/2025
From:	Matt Bartlett NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To:	Wheeler J TRISO-X
Shared Package
ML25108A140	List: ML25108A141 ML25108A142
References
EPID L-2022-NEW-0005
Download: ML25108A141 (1)

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c UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Jennifer K. Wheeler, Director, Regulatory Affairs TRISO-X, LLC 801 Thompson Avenue Rockville, MD 20852

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS SET 13 FOR CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 OF THE LICENSE APPLICATION FOR THE TRISO-X, LLC FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER L-2022-NEW-0005)

Dear Jennifer Wheeler:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has developed subsequent requests for additional information (RAIs) as set 13 to support the review of the TRISO-X, LLC safety and safeguards license application. Your application for a new fuel fabrication facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee was submitted via letter dated April 5, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML22101A200) and supplemented by letters dated October 13, 2022 (ML22286A144) and November 4, 2022 (ML22308A251) and revised license application submitted by letters dated December 30, 2024 (ML24365A254) and January 31, 2025 (ML25031A449).

Our review of your license application has identified the need for additional RAIs on Chapter 1 and 2 of the license application. The additional information requested in the public enclosure to this letter should be provided within 30 days from April 28, 2025, the date the draft RAI was emailed to you to confirm mutual understanding of issues. An alignment call to discuss the draft RAI was held on April 30, from 3:30-5:00pm. The TRISO-X staff provided several comments on the RAIs to improve readability. As a result of the call, the NRC staff was able to remove one of the RAIs in Chapter 1 because the information was identified in the fundamental nuclear material control plan and one RAI in Chapter 2 was simplified from three parts to a single issue based on clarification of the issue during the call. The clarifications identified during the call have been incorporated in the enclosure.

Please let us know if you have an interest in holding a call to discuss the draft responses prior to formal submittal, consistent with the NRC staff RAI process described in LIC-FM-3, section 2.10.1(b) (ML22208A272). Extending the formal responses beyond the 30 days, the need for supplements, or a second round of RAIs may result in an extension of the proposed review schedule beyond May 2026 (ML23305A193).

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter and enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS. The PDR is open by appointment May 5, 2025

J. Wheeler 2

only. You may submit your request to the PDR via email at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The NRCs ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If you have any questions regarding this communication, please contact me at 301-415-7154, or via email to Matthew.Bartlett@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Matthew Bartlett, Senior Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 07007027

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information (Public) cc: trisox@listmgr.nrc.gov Signed by Bartlett, Matthew on 05/05/25

ML25108A140 (pkg), ML25108A141 (ltr),

ML25108A142 (encl)

OFFICE NMSS/DFM/FFLB:PM NMSS/DFM/FFLB:LA NMSS/DFM/FFLB:BC NAME MBartlett JGoodridge SLav DATE 04/21/2025 04/21/2025 05/05/2025