APR1400 design certification: NRC design certification review for Korea Electric Power Corporation and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. — issued, 54.5 months from docketing to decision. Sourced dates and schedule.
Background: NRC reactor licensing process, explained · The ADVANCE Act, explained: what changed and where the NRC stands
Current state
| Type | Design certification |
| Outcome | Issued |
| Applicant | Korea Electric Power Corporation and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. |
| Facility | APR1400 (4,000 MWt PWR) |
| Docket | — |
| Submitted | 2014-12-23 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | 2015-03-04 |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | 2018-09-28 |
| Decision | 2019-09-19 |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | 54.5 mo |
| Submitted → decision | 56.9 mo |
| NRC-reported review duration | — |
| NRC-reported resources vs estimate | — |
Review time is measured in average months from the date the NRC docketed the application to the decision. The NRC's own reported durations may measure to the final safety evaluation instead.
Notes
Decided in 2019 (in scope) but entirely pre-ADVANCE. SDA issued 2018-09-28 (FR 2018-22116) - pre-2019, not a separate record. Docket number not captured from fetched sources. Docketed: Conflict: the APR1400 direct final rule (FR 2019-10715) says 'On March 12, 2015, the NRC formally accepted the application as a docketed application' (March 12 is the FR docketing-notice date per the NRC schedule page). Decision: Direct final rule published 2019-05-22 (84 FR 23439). NRC project page says 'The NRC completed the review and issues the certification in April 2019' (inconsistent with FR).
Timeline
- 2014-12-23 — Application received: “On December 23, 2014, KEPCO/ KHNP submitted its application for certification of the APR1400 standard design” (source)
- 2015-03-04 — Accepted for review (docketed): “Issue acceptance letter to applicant | [03/04/15] – A” (source)
- 2018-09-28 — Final safety evaluation issued. (source)
- 2019-09-19 — Issued: “The NRC is confirming the effective date of September 19, 2019, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2019.” (source)
The timeline is append-only: corrections are added as new entries. See the NNN Data License Terms for reuse of the event history.
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Sources
- https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/design-certification-applications-for-new-reactors/apr1400
- https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/large-light-water-reactors/design-certification-applications-for-new-reactors/apr1400/apr1400-application-review-schedule
- https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-10715
- https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-17588
- https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-22116