ML26057A385
| ML26057A385 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07109330 |
| Issue date: | 02/27/2026 |
| From: | Kristina Banovac Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Gelder L US Dept of Energy (DOE) |
| References | |
| EPID L-2026-LLA-0029 | |
| Download: ML26057A385 (0) | |
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From:
Kristina Banovac To:
lawrence.gelder@em.doe.gov Cc:
Yoira Diaz Sanabria; James Drabble; Alex Sotomayor-Rivera
Subject:
Acknowledgement of NRC receipt of ATR FFSC Certificate of Compliance No. 9330, Revision 18, request Date:
Friday, February 27, 2026 2:17:00 PM
Dear Lawrence Gelder:
This is to acknowledge receipt of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) application dated February 9, 2026 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS]
Accession No. ML26041A219), requesting amendment to the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 9330 for the Model No. Advanced Test Reactor Fresh Fuel Shipping Container (ATR FFSC) package. Specifically, you requested to revise the criticality safety index for COBRA low enriched uranium and highly enriched uranium fuel elements, to increase the number of packages per conveyance.
The staff determined, based on historical data, thatthe technical review may require approximately 320 hours0.0037 days <br />0.0889 hours <br />5.291005e-4 weeks <br />1.2176e-4 months <br /> and 9 months. To support a more efficient process, the NRC is setting a goal of completing a review in less time and level of effort. The staff estimate for this review is approximately 150 staff hours and 4 months. The schedule includes the issuance, if needed, of a request for additional information (RAI) in April 2026, and receiving your response in May 2026. The staff expects to complete the formal review and issue a certificate by your requested need date of June 30, 2026. These estimates are based on the staffs initial review of the application and may change due to several factors, including, unanticipated expansion of the review scope involvement, or if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance of or concurrently with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.
The schedule, above, is also based, in part, on DOE providing RAI responses by the timeline specified, unless another date is agreed upon, RAI responses resolving issues with limited need for follow-up RAIs, and clarification calls being scheduled and conducted promptly, and any additional supporting non-docketed information being provided timely.
To achieve this schedule, the staff intends to engage DOE frequently to resolve emergent issues or challenges that may arise during the staffs review that affect the initial forecasted completion date or result in significant changes to the estimated review hours. The reasons for those changes, along with updated estimates, will be communicated during routine interactions with the assigned project manager and documented accordingly. Should the review experience a delay for other reasons, the staff will endeavor to make up the time within the schedule.
Your submittal has been assigned Cost Activity Code (CAC)/Enterprise Project Identification Number (EPID) 001029/ L-2026-LLA-0029. Please reference these numbers and Docket No. 71-9330 in any future correspondence associated with this request.
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 e-mail will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-7116 or Kristina.Banovac@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Kristina L. Banovac, Project Manager Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Docket No.: 71-9330 EPID No.: L-2026-LLA-0029 ADAMS Accession No. ML26057A385