Reducing Costs of NRC Review
MCLI Recommendation: “Congress could impose strict time lines for NRC reviews of combined license (COL) applications referencing a standard design certification (DC) to reflect the reduced scope of issues for review. NRC should—consistent with the Atomic Energy Act and NEPA—eliminate contested hearings on NEPA issues (or at least move them forward in the process).”
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NRC Advanced Reactor Licensing Guidance
In April, 2024, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission published a new advanced reactor licensing guidance that could “significantly reduce the regulatory uncertainty” for non-light water reactors submitti...
Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act
The Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act (2018) calls for a cost-sharing grant program to help advanced reactors pay for the lengthy licensing process.
ADVANCE Act
The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act (“ADVANCE Act”) was passed by Congress in June 2024 as part of the Fire Grants and Safety Act. The ADVANCE Act aims to s...
Report, The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon Constrained World
A 2015 MIT study, The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon Constrained World, assessed that current regulatory systems are flexible enough to accommodate licensing of advanced reactor designs. It reco...
Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act
The Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (2019) calls on the NRC to make its review process “technology inclusive” by 2028. The process was designed for the light water reactors of the last...
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