ATF-related Licensing Actions

On this page:

• Coated Cladding
• Doped Pellets
• FeCrAl Cladding
• Increased Enrichment
• Higher Burnup
• Miscellaneous

Coated Cladding

Action Type	Submittal	Requestor	Description	NRC Evaluation
License Amendment Request	12/12/19	Calvert Cliffs	Request to use lead test assemblies that contain chromium-coated cladding and doped pellets.	01/26/21
Certificate of Compliance Revision	04/06/20	Westinghouse	Traveller transportation package to include coated cladding, doped pellets, and 7 percent enriched fuel	09/15/20
Letter Authorization Request	06/15/20	Framatome	Request to transport a small number of ATRIUM 10 fuel assemblies equipped with inert test rods supporting the development of Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuels.	10/09/20
Topical Report	03/31/21	Westinghouse	WCAP-18546-P/NP, "Westinghouse AXIOM Cladding for Use in Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel"
License Amendment Request	08/31/22	Byron Station, Unit 2	Amendment to allow a previously irradiated Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) Lead Test Assembly (LTA) to be further irradiated.

Doped Pellets

Action Type	Submittal	Requestor	Description	NRC Evaluation
Topical Report	12/31/15	Global Nuclear Fuel – Americas	NEDO-33406-A, Revision 3	11/09/15
Topical Report	04/29/16	Framatome	ANP-10340P, Revision 0	05/31/18
Transportation Authorization	09/06/18	Westinghouse	Special authorization to transport fuel rods containing uranium silicide pellets and doped pellets	12/20/18
License Amendment Request	03/08/18	Byron	Request to utilize accident tolerant fuel lead test assemblies	04/03/19
License Amendment Request	10/11/18	Brunswick	Request to revise technical Specification 5.6.5b to allow application of advanced Framatome Atrium 11 fuel methodologies	03/06/20
License Amendment Request	12/12/19	Calvert Cliffs	Request to use lead test assemblies that contain chromium-coated cladding and doped pellets.	01/26/21
Certificate of Compliance Revision	04/06/20	Westinghouse	Traveller transportation package to include coated cladding, doped pellets, and 7 percent enriched fuel	09/15/20
Topical Report	05/08/20	Westinghouse	WCAP-18482-P/WCAP-18482-NP, Revision 0, "Westinghouse Advanced Doped Pellet Technology (ADOPTTM) Fuel"	06/13/22
Topical Report	06/28/21	Framatome	ANP-10340P, Rev. 0, "Incorporation of Chromia-Doped Fuel Properties in Framatome PWR Methods"

FeCrAl Cladding

Action Type	Submittal	Requestor	Description	NRC Evaluation
Transportation Authorization	10/19/18	Global Nuclear Fuel – Americas	Special authorization to transport FeCrAl fuel rods in Model No. RAJ-II transportation package	02/05/19
Certificate of Compliance Revision	07/31/19	GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy	Revision No. 28 of Certificate of Compliance No. 9228 for the GE Model No. 2000 (GE2000) transportation pacakge. Allows the transport of FeCrAl lead test assemblies.	04/23/20

Increased Enrichment

In-Reactor

Action Type	Submittal	Requestor	Description	NRC Evaluation
Topical Report	01/29/21	Framatome	ANP-10353P, Revision 0, "Increased Enrichment for PWRs"
Topical Report	12/17/21	Global Nuclear Fuel	Revision 4 of LANCR02 Lattice Physics Model Description and Revision 0 of the LANCR02/PANAC11 Application Methodology
Topical Report	10/31/22	Global Nuclear Fuel	Implementation of LANCR02/PANAC11

Transportation

Action Type	Submittal	Requestor	Description	NRC Evaluation
Certificate of Compliance Revision	04/06/20	Westinghouse	Traveller transportation package to include coated cladding, doped pellets, ATF and 7 percent enriched fuel	09/15/20
Certificate of Compliance Revision	03/30/21	Framatome	Revision No. 13 to Certificate of Compliance No. 9319 for the MAP-12 and MAP-13 packages. Request to transport fresh fuel assemblies with enrichments up to 8%	12/16/21
Certificate of Compliance Revision	06/29/21	Orano NCS	Request to transport uranium hexafluoride with enrichments up to 20 weight percent
Certificate of Compliance Revision	09/23/22	GNF-A	Request to transport fresh fuel assemblies with enrichments up to 8 weight percent uranium-235

Fuel Cycle Facilities

Action Type	Submittal	Requestor	Description	NRC Evaluation
License Amendment Request	11/12/19	Louisiana Energy Services	Increase enrichment to 5.5 percent	05/19/20
License Amendment Request	06/23/20 – Request Letter 10/31/19 – Document to be reviewed	Global Nuclear Fuel	Review of minimum margin of subcriticality for enrichments up to 8 weight percent uranium–235	08/13/20
License Review	01/20/22	GNF-A	Review of minimum margin of subcriticality for enrichments up to 20 weight percent uranium-235	08/02/22
License Review	11/29/21	Framatome	Framatome Inc. Richland Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility’s Request to Amend License No. SNM-1227; Docket No. 70-1257 and Approval of Criticality Safety Methods	07/11/22
License Amendment Request	06/24/22	GNF-A	Increase enrichment up to 8 weight percent
License Amendment Request	12/05/19	Centrus	Amendment to materials license SNM-2011 for the American Centrifuge Plant for a HALEU demonstration project with enrichments up to 20 weight percent uranium-235 for future use in DOE’s research and development activities	06/11/21

Higher Burnup

Action Type	Submittal	Requestor	Description	NRC Evaluation
Topical Report Revision	03/17/20	Global Nuclear Fuel – Americas	Proposed Amendment #51 to NEDE-24011-P-A-29, General Electric Standard Application for Reactor Fuel (GESTAR II). Proposes new Appendix B that has a small section to allow higher burnup lead use test assemblies.	10/19/20
Topical Report	12/14/20	Westinghouse	WCAP-18446-P / WCAP-18446-NP, Revision 0, "Incremental Extension of Burnup Limit for Westinghouse and Combustion Engineering Fuel Designs"
Topical Report	12/31/19	Framatome	BAW-10227P, Revision 2, "Evaluation of Advanced Cladding and Structural Material (M5) in PWR reactor Fuel"	01/13/23

Miscellaneous

Action Type	Submittal	Requestor	Description	NRC Evaluation
Certificate of Compliance Revision	12/12/18	Framatome	Revision 11 to Certificate of Compliance No. 9319 for the Model Nos. MAP-12 and MAP-13 Transportation Packages	01/10/19
License Amendment Request	07/01/20	GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy	Amendment to allow irradiated ATF fuel rods to be transported to Oak Ridge National Laboratory	07/16/20