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Other Related Documents for New Reactors

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:

Commission Papers and Staff Requirements Memoranda
Schedule of New Reactor Applications

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.

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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.

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. The 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.