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Limited Work Authorization Application Review for the Carbon Free Power Project

Carbon Free Power Project Application
Who:   Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP)
 
What:   Application for a Limited Work Authorization to begin early construction activities at the CFPP site
 
When:   July 31, 2023 
 
Website:   https://www.cfppllc.com
 

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Project Overview

The staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is currently conducting a detailed technical review of the Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP) application for a Limited Work Authorization (LWA). CFPP has filed an application with the NRC for an LWA to begin certain construction activities that would otherwise require a combined license. CFPP plans to submit a combined license application to the NRC in January 2024 to construct and operate a 6-module nuclear power plant of NuScale US460 VOYGR design to be located at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

For additional detail, see the CFPP LWA application.

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Project Status

The NRC accepted and docketed CFPP’s LWA application on August XX, 2023 and issued an acceptance letter. The CFPP LWA application review status is displayed in the dashboard below. Specifically, the dashboard contains the high-level tasks, review plan, and the staff’s review progress. It allows the user to use various filters and visualizations in the Microsoft® Power BI® software platform to investigate the overall trends regarding:

  • Overall project status
  • Current and next stage status
  • Requests for Additional Information (RAI) status
  • Project timeline information

As the review progresses, the dashboard will be updated to reflect new information. 

 

In addition to the LWA application, CFPP submitted an application for an exemption request. The status of this request is displayed in the dashboard below and contains the same high-level information as the CFPP LWA Status Dashboard above.

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Contacts

Contacts for the CFPP application review
Lead Project Manager Omid Tabatabai
301-415-8013
Public Affairs Officer Scott Burnell
301-415-8204

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Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, February 11, 2025