Application Review Schedule for the NuScale US600 Design
The following table summarizes the key milestones in the schedule that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) established and completed for its review of the design certification application for the NuScale Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design.
| Key Milestones |
Completion Date
Actual – A
Target – T |
| Application |
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Received design certification application
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01/06/17 – A |
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| Acceptance Review |
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Issue acknowledgement letter to applicant
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01/18/17 – A |
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Publish Federal Register Notice of receipt of application
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02/15/17 – A |
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Issue acceptance letter to applicant
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03/23/17 – A |
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Publish Federal Register Notice of docketing of application
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03/20/17 – A |
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| Safety Review |
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Phase 1 – Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report (SER) and Requests for Additional Information
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04/16/18 – A |
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Phase 2 – SER with Open Items
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07/12/191 – A |
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Phase 3 - ACRS Review of SER with Open Items
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07/12/19 – A |
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Phase 4 – Advanced SER with No Open Items
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12/12/19 – A |
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Phase 5 – ACRS Review of Advanced SER with No Open Items
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07/31/202 – A |
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Phase 6 – Final SER with No Open Items
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08/28/203 – A |
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Note 1: Phase 2 is considered complete. However, due to some unresolved issues, the SERs for Chapters 15 and 20 remained preliminary and a final Phase 2 SER was not issued. Any remaining issues and associated open items were resolved before completion of Phase 4 (Refer to NRC letter to NuScale of May 16, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19122A050)).
Note 2: Due to NuScale's design change and proposed schedule modification for submitting the revised supporting documentation, the Phase 5 milestone of 06/23/20 was delayed. This milestone was revised to reflect a Phase 5 milestone of 07/31/20 upon receipt of NuScale's final design change package (Refer to NRC letter to NuScale of May 1, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20112F455)).
Note 3: Phase 6 is complete and the final SER was issued (ADAMS Accession No. ML20023A318). The Phase 6 milestone was met 11 days ahead of the target date of September 8, 2020.
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The NRC welcomes Public Involvement in Rulemaking, and invites the public to comment on proposed rules and policies, licensing actions, and draft technical documents. We announce public comment opportunities in the Federal Register and on our Documents for Comment page. |
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