APR1400 Application Review Schedule
The following table summarizes the key milestones in the schedule that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has established for its review of the design certification application for the APR1400.
| Key Milestones |
Completion Date
Actual – A
Target - T |
| Application |
|
Received design certification application
|
12/23/14 – A |
| |
| Acceptance Review |
|
Issue acknowledgement letter to applicant
|
02/02/15 – A |
|
Publish Federal Register Notice of receipt of application
|
02/03/15 – A |
|
Issue acceptance letter to applicant
|
03/04/15 – A |
|
Publish Federal Register Notice of docketing of application
|
03/12/15 – A |
|
Issue schedule to applicant
|
06/02/15 – A |
| |
| Safety Review |
|
Phase 1 - Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report (SER) with Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) issued to applicant
|
02/2016a – A |
|
Phase 2 – SER with Open Items issued
|
05/2017bc – A |
|
Phase 3 – Response to ACRS regarding SER with Open Items issued
|
06/2017 – A |
|
Phase 4 – Advanced SER with no Open Items issued
|
05/2018de – A |
|
Phase 5 - Response to ACRS regarding SER with no Open Items issued
|
07/2018ef – A |
|
Phase 6 - Final SER issued
|
09/2018g – A |
| |
| Rulemaking |
|
|
a See APR1400 Schedule Letter dated March 7, 2016
b See APR1400 Schedule Letter dated September 27, 2016
c See APR1400 Schedule Letter dated March 17, 2017
d See APR1400 Schedule Letter dated October 31, 2017
e See APR1400 Schedule Letter dated February 2, 2018
f See ACRS 2018 Letter Reports pages on NRC.gov
g See APR1400 FSER Transmittal Letter dated September 28, 2018