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Section 501(b) requires the report upon the update, not annual reports.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-09-29", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nrc-mission-srm", "nrc-mission-report", "nrc-mission-letter", "nrc-mission" ], "completed_on": "2025-11-18", "published_on": "2025-11-25", "verification_note": "Primary memo, report and transmittal-letter text were reviewed via the linked extraction service after direct PDF access failed. Completed here denotes the report/transmittal step, not the January approval date. The letter establishes its dated submission statement, not an independent congressional receipt record.", "related_slugs": [ "advance-act-explained" ], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "advanced-fuel-mou", "authority": "advance_act", "section": "404", "title": "NRC–DOE advanced-fuel coordination MOU", "category": "fuel", "status": "complete", "detail": "NIA records the MOU signed December 12, 2024. NRC describes it as sharing DOE experimental data and codes to support readiness and advanced-fuel reviews.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-08", "source_ids": [ "nia-august", "nrc-efficiencies" ], "completed_on": "2024-12-12", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "advanced-fuel-report", "authority": "advance_act", "section": "404", "title": "Report to Congress on advanced-fuel licensing", "category": "fuel", "status": "complete", "detail": "NRC’s package identifies the June 29 transmittal and July 7 public release of the report, whose cover says July 2026. The report describes NUREG-2246 fuel qualification and says 15 ATF/advanced-fuel topical reports had been approved, with eight more tracked for near-term completion. It identifies remaining criticality-benchmark, irradiated-fuel and waste-characterization gaps. Table 1 distinguishes completed process improvements from an in-progress fuel rulemaking and ongoing coordination/research. Report completion is not blanket qualification or approval of all advanced fuels.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-07", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nrc-fuel-report", "nrc-fuel-package" ], "completed_on": "2026-06-29", "published_on": "2026-07-07", "verification_note": "Report text, including its concluding action table, was reviewed through text extraction. June 29 is the transmittal date listed in the primary NRC package; July 2026 is the report-cover edition, and July 7 is public release. Do not substitute these dates for one another or treat source-reported readiness as unconditional licensing approval.", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "foreign-ownership", "authority": "advance_act", "section": "301", "title": "Exceptions from foreign ownership, control or domination", "category": "licensing", "status": "complete", "detail": "The NRC confirmed July 7, 2026 as the effective date for its direct final rule after finding no significant adverse comments. The rule implements specified exceptions, not an unrestricted removal of ownership conditions.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-06-05", "source_ids": [ "focd" ], "effective_on": "2026-07-07", "docket": "NRC-2024-0218", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "manufacturing-report", "authority": "advance_act", "section": "401", "title": "Report on advanced manufacturing and construction", "category": "manufacturing", "status": "complete", "detail": "The Chairman’s January 6, 2025 letter directly submits the Section 401 report. The June 16, 2026 program update separately tracks five ongoing actions and six potential new actions. These groups, reproduced below, are not additional entries in the statutory milestone denominator. NRC says remaining scope, staffing, schedules and budgets are being re-evaluated following reorganization.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-06-16", "source_ids": [ "nrc-manufacturing-letter", "nrc-manufacturing-update" ], "completed_on": "2025-01-06", "verification_note": "Both the transmittal letter and complete five-page program update were reviewed on September 29. A date-sorted ADAMS search located no newer dedicated Section 401 status presentation among the later results reviewed; the displayed action states remain the June 16 source snapshot, not an assertion of their present-day status. The source mixes actual and estimated timeframes; a Complete label is not an exact completion date.", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [ { "id": "ongoing-program-actions", "title": "Table 2 — Ongoing NRC program actions", "as_of": "2026-06-16", "source_ids": [ "nrc-manufacturing-update" ], "note": "The source labels four actions Complete and one Paused. Timeframes reproduce its combined actual/estimated column, including DE2’s Q4 FY2026 entry; no exact completion date is inferred.", "actions": [ { "id": "dd6", "title": "Design review lessons learned and rapid/iterative innovation guidance", "status": "complete", "timeframe": "Q2 FY 2026" }, { "id": "dd7", "title": "Regulatory flexibility in Part 52 during construction and operation", "status": "complete", "timeframe": "Q3 FY 2025" }, { "id": "de2", "title": "Pre-application engagement on steel-plate composite structures topical report", "status": "complete", "timeframe": "Q4 FY 2026" }, { "id": "de3", "title": "Seismic design of advanced reactors", "status": "paused", "timeframe": "TBD" }, { "id": "di1", "title": "Advanced Reactor Construction Oversight Program (ARCOP)", "status": "complete", "timeframe": "Q2 FY 2026" } ] }, { "id": "potential-program-actions", "title": "Table 3 — Potential new NRC program actions", "as_of": "2026-06-16", "source_ids": [ "nrc-manufacturing-update" ], "note": "Three actions are In progress, two Closed and one Paused. Closed is the source’s distinct label and is not counted as Complete.", "actions": [ { "id": "dd2", "title": "Risk-informed structural and mechanical component review", "status": "paused", "timeframe": "TBD" }, { "id": "dd3", "title": "New materials without applicable codes and standards", "status": "closed", "timeframe": "—" }, { "id": "dd4", "title": "Accelerated material qualification", "status": "closed", "timeframe": "—" }, { "id": "dd5", "title": "Examination of novel materials", "status": "in_progress", "timeframe": "Q1 FY 2028" }, { "id": "de1", "title": "Structural monitoring for advanced construction techniques", "status": "in_progress", "timeframe": "Q1 FY 2028" }, { "id": "n1", "title": "Transport-related new technologies and manufacturing flexibility in package designs", "status": "in_progress", "timeframe": "Q1 FY 2028" } ] } ] }, { "id": "canada-waste-report", "authority": "advance_act", "section": "602", "title": "Report on Canada engagement concerning Great Lakes waste", "category": "waste", "status": "complete", "detail": "NIA records the report to Congress on engagement with Canada submitted June 30, 2025, before the July 9, 2025 deadline.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-08", "source_ids": [ "nia-august" ], "completed_on": "2025-06-30", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "part53", "authority": "neima", "section": "103(a)(4)", "title": "Optional Part 53 licensing framework", "category": "licensing", "status": "complete", "detail": "The NEIMA-origin rule was published March 30 and became effective April 29, 2026. The July 28 correcting amendment fixed conforming Part 75 language; it was not the original finalization. Parts 50 and 52 remain available.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-07-28", "source_ids": [ "part53-final", "part53-correction" ], "published_on": "2026-03-30", "effective_on": "2026-04-29", "docket": "NRC-2019-0062", "related_slugs": [ "nrc-reactor-licensing-process-explained" ], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "contested-hearings", "authority": "eo14300", "section": "5(j); also ADVANCE Act efficiency provisions", "title": "Streamlining contested licensing adjudications", "category": "participation", "status": "in_progress", "detail": "The proposed rule would change hearing schedules, initial contention filings, discovery and appeals. NRC describes continued adjudication by independent legal and technical judges. A proposal is not a removal of existing hearing rights or a final change to licensing procedure.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-09-29", "source_ids": [ "hearings-notice", "nrc-hearings", "hearings-search-20260929", "hearings-docket-documents" ], "published_on": "2026-03-03", "docket": "NRC-2025-1501", "verification_note": "September 29 review of the docket document listing confirms the original window closed April 2 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The published RIN search still returned the March 3 proposal and March 11 meeting notice, with no later final rule or withdrawal in those results. Listing review is not an exhaustive merits review of every public comment.", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "procedure-modernization", "authority": "eo14300", "section": "5", "title": "Rulemaking procedure, FACA alignment, access and security", "category": "participation", "status": "in_progress", "detail": "The original comment window closed September 10. Public submissions include Connecticut DEEP’s express request to withdraw the direct final rule and NIA’s concerns about public-comment discretion. The document listing still shows the proposal and direct final rule, and the September 29 Federal Register search found no later published withdrawal. October 26 remains a conditional effective date; objections are documented, but their classification and disposition are for the NRC.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-09-29", "source_ids": [ "procedure-notice", "procedure-direct-final", "faca-docket-documents", "faca-comment-pages", "faca-deep-comment", "faca-deep-entry", "faca-nia-comment", "faca-nia-entry", "faca-search-20260929" ], "published_on": "2026-08-11", "docket": "NRC-2025-1139", "verification_note": "Docket listing, visible comment records and the CT DEEP/NIA attachments were accessed through text extraction. Both comment entry pages show receipt September 10 and posting September 11; a later posting date does not prove late submission. These are commenter positions, not NRC findings of significant adverse comment. No agency response resolving that question was established; monitor the official disposition before treating the rule as effective.", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "isr-decommissioning", "authority": "eo14300", "section": "Related rulemaking", "title": "ISR groundwater protection and decommissioning timelines", "category": "waste", "status": "in_progress", "detail": "The proposal was announced September 1 and published September 10, 2026 (91 FR 57728). It addresses ISR groundwater protection and flexibility in decommissioning timelines. The Federal Register notice explicitly sets comments due October 13, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern; that cutoff is not calculated from the press-release date.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-09-29", "source_ids": [ "isr-release", "isr-proposal", "isr-docket-documents" ], "published_on": "2026-09-10", "docket": "NRC-2025-1204", "verification_note": "The Regulations.gov document listing was read through text extraction September 29 and shows the proposal open through October 13 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, plus three supporting documents. This confirms the displayed window; it is not a prediction of the final rule’s outcome.", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [] }, { "id": "licensing-siting-modernization", "authority": "eo14300", "section": "5(f), 5(h), 5(i)", "title": "Modernizing reactor licensing, safety oversight and siting", "category": "siting", "status": "in_progress", "detail": "The July 16 proposal implements EO 14300 sections 5(f), 5(h) and 5(i), not ADVANCE Act Section 103. The July 27 correction withdraws draft guide DG-4037 (proposed Revision 5 to RG 4.2; ML25268A122) because it contains outdated and incorrect information. It removes that guide from the proposal and availability table, not the proposed rule itself. The correction does not change the August 31 comment deadline.", "evidence_as_of": "2026-09-29", "source_ids": [ "siting-proposal-metadata", "siting-correction", "siting-docket-documents", "statute" ], "published_on": "2026-07-16", "docket": "NRC-2025-0975", "verification_note": "The full correction text was read. The docket listing independently marks DG-4037 Withdrawn and the proposal’s comment window closed August 31 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Withdrawal of guidance must not be presented as withdrawal of the proposed rule.", "related_slugs": [], "action_groups": [] } ], "deadlines": [ { "id": "brownfield-report-due", "milestone_id": "brownfield-report", "kind": "statutory", "due_on": "2027-07-09", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "microreactor-due", "milestone_id": "microreactor-implementation", "kind": "statutory", "due_on": "2027-07-09", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "support-cap-due", "milestone_id": "support-cap-report", "kind": "statutory", "due_on": "2027-07-09", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "brownfield-strategies-due", "milestone_id": "brownfield-strategies", "kind": "statutory", "due_on": "2026-07-09", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "microreactor-strategies-due", "milestone_id": "microreactor-strategies", "kind": "statutory", "due_on": "2026-01-09", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "advanced-fuel-report-due", "milestone_id": "advanced-fuel-report", "kind": "statutory", "due_on": "2026-07-09", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "hearings-comments", "milestone_id": "contested-hearings", "kind": "comment", "due_on": "2026-04-02", "closes_at": "2026-04-03T03:59:00Z", "timezone": "America/New_York", "note": "The original notice supplies April 2; the docket listing reviewed September 29 specifies 11:59 p.m. EDT and marks the window closed.", "source_ids": [ "hearings-notice", "hearings-docket-documents" ] }, { "id": "procedure-comments", "milestone_id": "procedure-modernization", "kind": "comment", "due_on": "2026-09-10", "closes_at": "2026-09-11T03:59:00Z", "timezone": "America/New_York", "note": "Original notice specifies 11:59 p.m. Eastern on September 10. This labels that original window only.", "source_ids": [ "procedure-notice" ] }, { "id": "procedure-effective", "milestone_id": "procedure-modernization", "kind": "conditional_effective", "due_on": "2026-10-26", "note": "Conditional date in the direct final rule. Connecticut DEEP requests withdrawal; NIA raises concerns. No NRC determination resolving significant-adverse-comment treatment was established by September 29. Do not assume effectiveness.", "source_ids": [ "procedure-direct-final", "faca-deep-comment", "faca-nia-comment", "faca-search-20260929" ] }, { "id": "isr-comments", "milestone_id": "isr-decommissioning", "kind": "comment", "due_on": "2026-10-13", "closes_at": "2026-10-14T03:59:00Z", "timezone": "America/New_York", "note": "Explicit cutoff in the September 10 Federal Register notice, 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The docket listing reviewed September 29 shows the same open window.", "source_ids": [ "isr-proposal", "isr-docket-documents" ] }, { "id": "siting-original-comments", "milestone_id": "licensing-siting-modernization", "kind": "comment", "due_on": "2026-08-31", "closes_at": "2026-09-01T03:59:00Z", "timezone": "America/New_York", "note": "The July 27 correction withdraws DG-4037, not the proposal or its comment cutoff. The docket listing reviewed September 29 confirms closure August 31 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.", "source_ids": [ "siting-proposal-metadata", "siting-correction", "siting-docket-documents" ] } ], "events": [ { "id": "fuel-mou-signed", "milestone_id": "advanced-fuel-mou", "occurred_on": "2024-12-12", "kind": "completed", "summary": "NIA records the NRC–DOE advanced-fuel MOU signed.", "source_ids": [ "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "manufacturing-report-submitted", "milestone_id": "manufacturing-report", "occurred_on": "2025-01-06", "kind": "completed", "summary": "NIA records submission of the Section 401 report.", "source_ids": [ "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "mission-guidance-released", "milestone_id": "mission-alignment", "occurred_on": "2025-05-16", "kind": "published", "summary": "NRC released the mission implementation guidance package; this is not asserted to be the mission adoption date.", "source_ids": [ "nrc-mission" ] }, { "id": "canada-report-submitted", "milestone_id": "canada-waste-report", "occurred_on": "2025-06-30", "kind": "completed", "summary": "NIA records submission of the Canada/Great Lakes waste report.", "source_ids": [ "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "reduced-fees-started", "milestone_id": "reduced-fees", "occurred_on": "2025-10-01", "kind": "effective", "summary": "The initial reduced hourly rate took effect for eligible advanced-reactor work.", "source_ids": [ "nrc-efficiencies" ] }, { "id": "mission-report-released", "milestone_id": "mission-alignment", "occurred_on": "2025-11-25", "kind": "report_released", "summary": "NRC’s mission-guidance page lists public release of the mission report package.", "source_ids": [ "nrc-mission" ] }, { "id": "microreactor-strategies-complete", "milestone_id": "microreactor-strategies", "occurred_on": "2026-01-07", "kind": "completed", "summary": "NIA records microreactor strategy development complete, distinct from implementation.", "source_ids": [ "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "hearings-proposal-published", "milestone_id": "contested-hearings", "occurred_on": "2026-03-03", "kind": "published", "summary": "The contested-adjudications proposal was published in the Federal Register.", "source_ids": [ "hearings-notice" ] }, { "id": "part53-published", "milestone_id": "part53", "occurred_on": "2026-03-30", "kind": "published", "summary": "The Part 53 final rule was published.", "source_ids": [ "part53-final" ] }, { "id": "part53-effective", "milestone_id": "part53", "occurred_on": "2026-04-29", "kind": "effective", "summary": "The optional Part 53 framework became effective.", "source_ids": [ "part53-final" ] }, { "id": "fuel-report-submitted", "milestone_id": "advanced-fuel-report", "occurred_on": "2026-06-29", "kind": "completed", "summary": "NIA records submission of the advanced-fuel licensing report.", "source_ids": [ "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "focd-effective", "milestone_id": "foreign-ownership", "occurred_on": "2026-07-07", "kind": "effective", "summary": "The Section 301 foreign-ownership exceptions rule became effective.", "source_ids": [ "focd" ] }, { "id": "brownfield-strategies-complete", "milestone_id": "brownfield-strategies", "occurred_on": "2026-07-09", "kind": "completed", "summary": "NIA records brownfield strategy development complete; the implementation report remains outstanding.", "source_ids": [ "nia-august" ] }, { "id": "part53-correction-published", "milestone_id": "part53", "occurred_on": "2026-07-28", "kind": "correction", "summary": "A correcting amendment repaired conforming Part 75 language; this was not the Part 53 finalization date.", "source_ids": [ "part53-correction" ] }, { "id": "procedure-proposal-published", "milestone_id": "procedure-modernization", "occurred_on": "2026-08-11", "kind": "published", "summary": "The procedure/FACA/access/security proposal and companion direct final rule were published.", "source_ids": [ "procedure-notice" ] }, { "id": "isr-proposal-announced", "milestone_id": "isr-decommissioning", "occurred_on": "2026-09-01", "kind": "published", "summary": "NRC release 26-076 announced proposed ISR and decommissioning changes; this is the press-release date.", "source_ids": [ "isr-release" ] }, { "id": "initial-tracker-corrected", "milestone_id": "support-cap-report", "occurred_on": "2026-09-28", "kind": "correction", "summary": "Editorial correction to the initial feature-branch tracker (f61af75): the Section 503 deadline is July 9, not July 31, 2027. Removed the unsupported Section 103 siting attribution and first-EO-rulemaking claim; separated mission reporting, Part 53 correction dates and closed comment windows.", "source_ids": [ "statute", "nia-august", "part53-final", "procedure-notice", "isr-release" ] }, { "id": "mission-approval-nia-report", "milestone_id": "mission-alignment", "occurred_on": "2025-01-24", "kind": "completed", "summary": "NIA’s January 28 analysis reports Commission approval of the revised mission on January 24, citing SRM-SECY-24-0083. The primary memo text remains to be inspected.", "source_ids": [ "mission-vote-nia" ] }, { "id": "fy2026-fee-rule-published", "milestone_id": "reduced-fees", "occurred_on": "2026-06-16", "kind": "published", "summary": "The FY2026 final fee rule was published, setting a $154 reduced rate and $337 standard rate, with effectiveness on August 17.", "source_ids": [ "fees-fy2026" ] }, { "id": "fy2026-fee-rule-effective", "milestone_id": "reduced-fees", "occurred_on": "2026-08-17", "kind": "effective", "summary": "The FY2026 fee rule became effective. Eligible advanced-reactor applicant and pre-applicant review work uses the $154 reduced rate under 10 CFR 170.20(b) and (c).", "source_ids": [ "fees-fy2026" ] }, { "id": "licensing-siting-proposal-published", "milestone_id": "licensing-siting-modernization", "occurred_on": "2026-07-16", "kind": "published", "summary": "The reactor licensing, safety oversight and siting proposal was published under EO 14300 authority; it is not an ADVANCE Act Section 103 task.", "source_ids": [ "siting-proposal-metadata" ] }, { "id": "isr-proposal-published", "milestone_id": "isr-decommissioning", "occurred_on": "2026-09-10", "kind": "published", "summary": "The ISR/decommissioning proposal was published in the Federal Register with an October 13, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern comment deadline.", "source_ids": [ "isr-proposal" ] }, { "id": "mission-guidance-provided", "milestone_id": "mission-alignment", "occurred_on": "2025-05-02", "kind": "completed", "summary": "The mission report states that staff provided implementation guidance to the Commission on May 2, separate from its May 16 public release.", "source_ids": [ "nrc-mission-report" ] }, { "id": "mission-report-transmittal", "milestone_id": "mission-alignment", "occurred_on": "2025-11-18", "kind": "completed", "summary": "The Chairman’s dated letter submits the mission-alignment report to Congress. Public release followed November 25.", "source_ids": [ "nrc-mission-letter" ] }, { "id": "advanced-fuel-report-public-release", "milestone_id": "advanced-fuel-report", "occurred_on": "2026-07-07", "kind": "report_released", "summary": "The Section 404 package was publicly released July 7. It lists a June 29 transmittal letter; the report cover edition says July 2026.", "source_ids": [ "nrc-fuel-package", "nrc-fuel-report" ] }, { "id": "siting-draft-guide-withdrawn", "milestone_id": "licensing-siting-modernization", "occurred_on": "2026-07-27", "kind": "correction", "summary": "NRC withdrew draft guide DG-4037 / ML25268A122 from the proposed rule package because of outdated and incorrect information. The proposed rule and its comment deadline were not withdrawn.", "source_ids": [ "siting-correction" ] }, { "id": "faca-comments-posted", "milestone_id": "procedure-modernization", "occurred_on": "2026-09-11", "kind": "published", "summary": "CT DEEP and NIA comments were posted after receipt on September 10. CT DEEP requests withdrawal; NIA raises public-participation concerns. These submissions are not NRC determinations.", "source_ids": [ "faca-deep-entry", "faca-deep-comment", "faca-nia-entry", "faca-nia-comment" ] }, { "id": "mission-primary-confirmation", "milestone_id": "mission-alignment", "occurred_on": "2026-09-29", "kind": "correction", "summary": "Source-verification update: the January 24, 2025 Commission approval is now confirmed directly in SRM-SECY-24-0083 and the mission report, resolving the earlier entry’s unverified-primary-source caveat.", "source_ids": [ "nrc-mission-srm", "nrc-mission-report" ], "corrects": "mission-approval-nia-report" } ], "licensing_evidence": [ { "id": "hermes-1", "project": "Kairos Hermes 1 construction permit", "planned_months": 21, "executed_months": 18, "stage": "Executed safety-review schedule", "source_ids": [ "nrc-efficiencies" ] }, { "id": "hermes-2", "project": "Kairos Hermes 2 construction permit", "planned_months": 14, "executed_months": 10, "stage": "Executed safety-review schedule", "source_ids": [ "nrc-efficiencies" ] }, { "id": "nuscale-us460", "project": "NuScale US460 standard design approval", "planned_months": 24, "executed_months": 22, "stage": "Executed safety-review schedule", "source_ids": [ "nrc-efficiencies" ] }, { "id": "kemmerer-1", "project": "TerraPower Kemmerer 1 construction permit", "planned_months": 27, "executed_months": 18, "stage": "Executed safety-review schedule", "source_ids": [ "nrc-efficiencies" ] } ] }