ML23018A015

FRN - NuScale US460 Standard Design Approval Application Receipt and Availability - Jan 2023

ML23018A015
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Site:	99902078, 05200050
Issue date:	03/13/2023
From:	Beverly Smith, Getachew Tesfaye NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB
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NRC-2023-0027
Download: ML23018A015 (1)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 05200050 and 99902078; NRC-2023- 0027]

NuScale Power, LLC

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Standard design approval application; receipt.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing public notice

of the receipt and availability of a standard design approval (SDA) application from

NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale) for a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The SDA

application was submitted in a number of transmittals between the period of

November 23, 2022, and December 31, 2022.

DATES: The SDA application referenced in this notice was available on

January 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023- 0027 when contacting the NRC

about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly

available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http s://www.regulations.gov and

search for Docket ID NRC-2023- 0027. Address questions about Docket IDs to Stacy

Schumann@nrc.gov; telephone: 301-415-0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For

technical questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information Contact

section of this document.

• NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public

Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the

search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,

301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The NuScale application is

available in ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML2233 9A066.

• NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents,

by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR,

please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. e astern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Getachew Tesfaye, Office of New

Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001;

telephone: 301-415-8013, email: Getachew.Tesfaye@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

By letter dated November 21, 2022 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22325A349),

NuScale informed the NRC of its intent to submit an SDA application in stages, along

with supporting technical reports, by December 31, 2022. By letter dated

November 23, 2022, NuScale submitted the first part of its application (non-public,

withheld pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390) for a standard design approval of the NuScale

US460 SMR design, pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended, and part 52, subpart E, of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR), Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.

Subsequently, NuScale submitted the remaining portions of its application in stages,

between November 29, 2022, and December 31, 2022. The SDA application is

available in ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML22339A066.

As described in the November 21, 2022, letter, the application contains the final

2 safety analysis report (FSAR) chapters and parts thereof. Supporting technical reports

are cited throughout the application, some of which are attached to the corresponding

FSAR chapter; other technical reports cited in the application are available as

standalone documents in ADAMS, if publicly available. Following these submittals,

NuScale submitted additional supporting licensing topical reports (LTRs), which were

required to be submitted before the SDA application could be accepted for review. By

January 8, 2023, NuScale submitted these LTR s to the NRC. The NRC staff is currently

reviewing the application and supporting information to determine if it is sufficiently

complete to be acceptable for docketing and for commencement of the staffs detailed

safety review.

The NuScale US460 SMR is a pressurized-water reactor. The design is based

on the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor developed at Oregon State University

in the early 2000s. The NuScale US460 SMR is a natural circulation light-water reactor

with the reactor core and helical coil steam generator located in a common reactor

vessel in a cylindrical steel containment. The NuScale power module is partly immersed

in water in a safety related pool. The reactor pool is located below grade and is

designed to hold up to six power modules. Each NuScale SMR has a rated thermal

output of 250 m egawatts thermal and an electrical output of 77 megawatts electric

(MWe); accordingly, a plant containing six modules would have a total capacity of 462

3 MWe. The acceptability of the tendered application for docketing and other matters

relating to the request will be the subject of subsequent Federal Register notices.

Dated: March 13, 2023.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Getachew Tesfaye, Senior Project Manager, New Reactor Licensing Branch, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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