UC Davis McClellan Nuclear Research Center TRIGA (1.0 MWt) R-130 licence renewal (20 years): NRC research reactor licence renewal review for Regents of the University of California — issued. Sourced dates and schedule.
Background: NRC reactor licensing process, explained · The ADVANCE Act, explained: what changed and where the NRC stands
Current state
| Type | Research reactor licence renewal |
| Outcome | Issued |
| Applicant | Regents of the University of California |
| Facility | McClellan Nuclear Research Center TRIGA reactor, North Highlands (Sacramento County), California |
| Docket | 50-607 |
| Submitted | 2018-06-11 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | — |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | — |
| Decision | 2022-11-21 |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | — |
| Submitted → decision | 53.4 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
Application materially revised July 6, 2020 (power reduced from 2.3 MW to 1.0 MW; pulsing and explosive irradiation dropped). Docketing notice ("staff accepts and dockets") published Mar. 9, 2022 but the acceptance date itself is not stated, so docketed is null. Fully pre-ADVANCE Act. Licence/permit: R-130.
Timeline
- 2018-06-11 — Application received: “On June 11, 2018, the Regents of the University of California filed with the NRC ... an application for the renewal of the University of California-Davis MNRC TRIGA nuclear reactor” (source)
- 2022-11-21 — Issued: “R-130 was issued on November 21, 2022, and is effective as of the date of issuance.” (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.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/08/2022-26665/regents-of-the-university-of-california-university-of-california-davis-mcclellan-nuclear-research
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/09/2022-04931/regents-of-the-university-of-california-university-of-california-davis-mcclellan-nuclear-research
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/20/2022-22766/regents-of-the-university-of-california-university-of-california-davis-mcclellan-nuclear-research