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New Reactors Related Documents and Other Resources

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Commission (SECY) Papers
New Reactor Licensing Fact Sheets
New Reactor Licensing Program History
Environmental Review Guidance Documents
Schedule of New Reactor Applications

Commission (SECY) Papers

The following recent SECY papers are related to the new reactor licensing program. They are listed in serial order, with the most recent paper first. Links are provided where possible.

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Docket Number	Description
SECY-07-0049	Construction Inspection Roles And Responsibilities
SECY-07-0047	Staff Approach To Verifying The Closure Of Inspections, Tests, Analyses, And Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) Through A Sample Based Inspection Program
SECY-06-0220	Final Rule to Update 10 CFR Part 52
SECY-06-0114	Description Of The Construction Inspection Program For Plants Licensed Under 10 CFR Part 52
SECY-06-0041	Proposed Strategy to Support Implementation of New Reactor Construction Inspection Program
SECY-06-0019	Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities and Future Planning for New Reactors dated January 31, 2006
SECY-05-0197	Review Of Operational Programs In A Combined License Application And Generic Emergency Planning Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria
SECY-05-0139	Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities and Future Planning for New Reactors dated August 4, 2005
SECY-05-0130	Policy Issues Related to New Plant Licensing and Status of the Technology-Neutral Framework for New Plant Licensing
SECY-05-0120	Security Design Expectations for New Reactor Licensing Activities
SECY-05-0013	Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities and Future Planning for New Reactors dated January 12, 2005
SECY-04-0117	Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities, dated July 9, 2004
SECY-04-0103	Status of Response to the June 26, 2003, Staff Requirements Memorandum on Policy Issues Related to Licensing Non-light Water Reactor Designs
SECY-04-0032	Programmatic Information Needed for Approval of a Combined License Without Inspection, Tests, Analysis, and Acceptance Criteria, dated February 26, 2004
SECY-04-0001	Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities, dated January 2, 2004
SECY-03-0227	Review Standard RS-002, "Processing Applications for Early Site Permits"
SECY-03-0113	Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities, dated July 7, 2003
SECY-03-0105	Early Site Permit (ESP) Application Readiness, dated June 24, 2003
SECY-03-0059	NRC's Advanced Reactor Research Program," April 18, 2003
SECY-03-0047	Policy Issues Related To Licensing Non-Light Water Reactor Designs
SECY-03-0005	Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities
SECY-02-0180	Legal and Financial Policy Issues Associated with Licensing New Nuclear Power Plants, dated October 7, 2002
SECY-02-0139	Plan For Resolving Policy Issues Related To Licensing Non-Light Water Reactor Designs
SECY-02-0077	Proposed Rule of Update 10 CFR Part 52, "Early Site Permits, Standard Design Certifications, and Combined Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants"
SECY-02-0076	Semi-Annual Update of the Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment (FLIRA)
SECY-02-0067	Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) for Operational Programs (Programmatic ITAAC)
SECY-02-0059	Use of design acceptance criteria for the AP-1000 Standard Plant Design
SECY-01-0207	Legal and Financial Issues Related to Exelon's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
SECY-01-0188	Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment

Documents related to SECY-03-0047 and SECY-02-0139 can be found under the Policy Issues Associated with Licensing Non-LWR Designs page.

New Reactor Licensing Fact Sheets

NRC's Office of Public Affairs maintains Nuclear Power Plant Fact Sheets covering a number of topics and programs that might be of interest to stakeholders. The Fact Sheets are generally reviewed and updated annually.

For details about the New Reactor Licensing process see the NUREG/BR-0298,"Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process".

New Reactor Licensing Program History

In February 2001, the Commission directed the staff by SRM to assess its technical, licensing, and inspection capabilities and identify any enhancements needed to ensure that the agency is prepared to review applications for early site permits or for the construction of new nuclear power plants. On May 1, as requested, the staff provided an SRM response to the Commission with a description of its planned activities, and a schedule for fulfilling this directive. On October 20, 2001, the staff provided the Commission with the final response to the directive in SECY-01-0188, "Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment". The attachment to SECY-01-0188 contains the Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment (FLIRA) Report. Updates to the FLIRA Report have been issued in subsequent SECYs. See the table above for links to these documents.

For more history see theAdvanced Reactor Policy. In addition, a package of 100 documents that comprises the regulatory history of the design certification reviews for the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design, System 80+ Standard Plant Design, and AP600 Standard Plant Design. This history spans a 15-year time period and is unique because the NRC simultaneously developed the regulatory standards for reviewing these next-generation reactor designs and the form and content of the rules that would certify the designs. More information on the regulatory history of the design certification review can be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML003761550.

Environmental Review Guidance Documents

NRC staff uses the October 1999 Environmental Standard Review Plan and current Environmental Guidance Regulatory Guides as guidance when completing environmental reviews.

Schedule of New Reactor Applications

The following charts provide information on the new reactor applications that the NRC expects to receive in the next 2 years for early site permits, design certifications, and combined licenses. The information is based solely on letters of intent submitted by licensees. The New Reactor Licensing Applications (An Estimated Schedule by Fiscal Year) is arranged by reactor design type and shows anticipated review schedules. The schedules depicted represent the nominal anticipated review durations. Actual schedules will be established when the applications are docketed. The Expected New Nuclear Power Plant Applications shows the anticipated applications and is arranged by application date. It shows the number of applications that the NRC expects to receive each calendar year.