Carbon Free Power Project limited work authorization: NRC limited work authorization review for Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (with NuScale Power, LLC) — withdrawn, 2.3 months from docketing to decision.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 | Limited work authorization |
| Outcome | Withdrawn |
| Applicant | Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (with NuScale Power, LLC) |
| Facility | Carbon Free Power Project (Idaho National Laboratory) |
| Docket | — |
| Submitted | 2023-07-31 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | 2023-09-05 |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | — |
| Decision | 2023-11-13 |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | 2.3 mo |
| Submitted → decision | 3.4 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
Withdrawn; exclude from completed-review duration statistics. Only project docket 99902052 was cited. Final safety evaluation: Not reached. Decision: Withdrawal requested by letter dated November 10, 2023 after the project was terminated.
Timeline
- 2023-07-31 — Application received: “On July 31, 2023, Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP) submitted a Limited Work Authorization (LWA) application” (source)
- 2023-09-05 — Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC staff provided CFPP notice of the staff's determination that the LWA application was acceptable for docketing by letter dated September 5, 2023” (source)
- 2023-11-13 — Withdrawal effective: “The effective date of the withdrawal of the LWA application is November 13, 2023.” (source)
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Sources
- https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/new-reactors/advanced-reactors/who-were-working-with/past-licensing-activities/carbon-free-power-project
- https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-19517
- https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-21801
- https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-26435
- https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2331/ML23317A110.pdf