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Other Related Documents for New Reactors

In February 2001, the Commission issued a staff requirements memorandum PDF Icon (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 PDF Icon, 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 PDF Icon, "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 PDF Icon. 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.

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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 Non-LWR Designs.

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Schedule of New Reactor Applications

The New Reactor Licensing Applications (An Estimated Schedule) PDF Icon 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. The Expected New Nuclear Power Plant Applications PDF Icon 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.

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