SMR Pre-Application Activities

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Below is a list of the small modular reactor designers and potential license applicants with whom the NRC is engaged with in pre-application, design certification and standard design approval activities.
 
Small modular reactor developers interested in beginning preapplication engagement with the NRC staff or planning to submit applications should review Appendix A of "DANU-ISG-2022-01" and respond to RIS-20-02, "Review of New Licensing Applications for Light-Water Reactors and Non-Light Water Reactors," or submit a regulatory engagement plan to inform the staff so we can plan our resources accordingly.

Project Name / Design Application Type Applicant Status
Deep Borehole Pressurized Water Reactor Pre-Application activities associated with a future standard design approval application. Deep Fission, Inc. In-progress
Clinch River Nuclear Site Pre-Application for a Construction Permit Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) In-progress
Carbon Free Power Project  / NuScale US460 SDA Pre-Application for a Combined License Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) Withdrawn
AP300 Pre-Application for a Design Certification Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC) In-progress
SMR, LLC (Holtec) Designs
 
Pre-Application SMR, LLC, a subsidiary of Holtec International SMR-160
Superseded
SMR-300
In-progress
BWRX-300 Pre-Application GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) In-progress
Duke Energy Belews Creek Pre-application for Early Site Permit Duke Energy In-progress
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) Floating Seismic Isolation System (FSIS) Pre-Application JAEA Consortium In-progress