Other Related Documents for New Reactors
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In February 2001, the Commission issued a staff requirements memorandum (SRM), directing the staff to assess its technical, licensing, and inspection capabilities and identify any enhancements needed to ensure that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) would be prepared to review applications for early site permits or the construction of new nuclear power plants. On May 1, 2001, the staff provided its SRM response, describing its planned activities, and providing a schedule for fulfilling the Commission's directive. Then, on October 12, 2001, the staff provided the Commission with its final response in SECY-01-0188, "Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment." The attachment to that Commission (SECY) paper contains the Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment (FLIRA) Report, which the staff has since updated in subsequent SECY papers. For detail, see the following topics on this page:
For more history related to the New Reactor Licensing Program, see the Advanced Reactor Policy Statement. In addition, the NRC has assembled a package of 100 documents that comprise the Regulatory History of Design Certifications for the Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor (ABWR), System 80+, and Advanced Passive 600 (AP600) standard plant designs. This history, spanning a 15-year period, is unique because the NRC simultaneously developed (1) the regulatory standards for reviewing these next-generation reactor designs and (2) the form and content of the rules that would certify the designs.
Commission Papers and Staff Requirements Memoranda
The following table presents a chronological listing of SECY papers and SRMs related to New Reactor Licensing, with the most recent first.
| SECY | Title | SRM |
|---|---|---|
| 07-0049 | Construction Inspection Roles and Responsibilities | |
| 07-0047 | Staff Approach To Verifying the Closure of Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) Through a Sample-Based Inspection Program | 05/16/2007 |
| 06-0220 | Final Rule To Update 10 CFR Part 52 |
04/11/2007 11/13/2006 |
| 06-0114 | Description of the Construction Inspection Program for Plants Licensed Under 10 CFR Part 52 | |
| 06-0041 | Proposed Strategy To Support Implementation of New Reactor Construction Inspection Program | 04/21/2006 |
| 06-0019 | Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities and Future Planning for New Reactors, dated January 31, 2006 | |
| 05-0197 | Review Of Operational Programs in a Combined License Application and Generic Emergency Planning Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria | 02/22/2006 |
| 05-0139 | Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities and Future Planning for New Reactors dated August 4, 2005 | |
| 05-0130 | Policy Issues Related to New Plant Licensing and Status of the Technology-Neutral Framework for New Plant Licensing | 09/14/2005 |
| 05-0120 | Security Design Expectations for New Reactor Licensing Activities | 09/09/2005 |
| 05-0013 | Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities and Future Planning for New Reactors dated January 12, 2005 | |
| 04-0117 | Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities, dated July 9, 2004 | |
| 04-0103 | Status of Response to the June 26, 2003, Staff Requirements Memorandum on Policy Issues Related to Licensing Non-light Water Reactor Designs | |
| 04-0032 | Programmatic Information Needed for Approval of a Combined License Without Inspection, Tests, Analysis, and Acceptance Criteria, dated February 26, 2004 | 05/14/2004 |
| 04-0001 | Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities, dated January 2, 2004 | |
| 03-0227 | Review Standard RS-002, "Processing Applications for Early Site Permits" | 03/15/2004 |
| 03-0113 | Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities, dated July 7, 2003 | |
| 03-0105 | Early Site Permit (ESP) Application Readiness, dated June 24, 2003 | |
| 03-0059 | NRC's Advanced Reactor Research Program," April 18, 2003 | |
| 03-0047 * | Policy Issues Related to Licensing Non-Light Water Reactor Designs | 06/26/2003 |
| 03-0005 | Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities | |
| 02-0180 | Legal and Financial Policy Issues Associated with Licensing New Nuclear Power Plants, dated October 7, 2002 | 03/31/2003 |
| 02-0139 * | Plan for Resolving Policy Issues Related to Licensing Non-Light Water Reactor Designs | |
| 02-0077 | Proposed Rule of Update 10 CFR Part 52, "Early Site Permits, Standard Design Certifications, and Combined Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants" | 05/06/2003 |
| 02-0076 | Semi-Annual Update of the Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment (FLIRA) | |
| 02-0067 | Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) for Operational Programs (Programmatic ITAAC) | 09/11/2002 |
| 02-0059 | Use of Design Acceptance Criteria for the AP1000 Standard Plant Design | |
| 01-0207 | Legal and Financial Issues Related to Exelon's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor | |
| 01-0188 | Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment |
* Documents related to SECY-03-0047 and SECY-02-0139 can be found under Policy Issues Associated with Licensing Advanced Reactor Designs.
Schedule of New Reactor Applications
The New Reactor Licensing Applications (An Estimated Schedule) is arranged by reactor design type and shows anticipated review schedules. The schedules depicted for non-docketed applications represent the nominal anticipated review durations. Actual schedules will be established after the applications are docketed. This estimated schedule is also available as a dataset in open format (Microsoft Excel) with an associated data dictionary.
The catalog of Expected New Nuclear Power Plant Applications is arranged by application date and shows the number of applications that the NRC expects to receive during each calendar year. The information for future applications is based solely on letters of intent submitted by prospective applicants. This catalog is also available as a dataset in open format (Microsoft Excel) with an associated data dictionary.
