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OMB Control No: 3150-0090	ICR Reference No: 202603-3150-003
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202205-3150-005
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NRC Form 398, Personal Qualification Statement-Licensee
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/14/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/09/2026
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this information collection is approved.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2029	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2026
Responses	1,062	0	1,018
Time Burden (Hours)	5,613	0	5,252
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: NRC Form 398 is used to transmit detailed information required to be submitted to the NRC by a facility licensee on each applicant applying for new and upgraded licenses or license renewals to operate the controls at a nuclear reactor facility. This information is used to determine that each applicant or renewal operator seeking a license or renewal of a license is qualified to be issued a license, and that the licensed operator would not be expected to cause operational errors and endanger public health and safety.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 83 - 703 1-311 Name of Law: Atomic Energy Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 52449	11/20/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 11346	03/09/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
NRC Form 398, Personal Qualification Statement-Licensee	NRC Form 398, NRC Form 398 (Web)	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,062	1,018	44
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,613	5,252	361
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There has been no change in the burden per specific submission application for this renewal cycle. Due to the increase in operating reactor plants, projected license renewals and licensed operators in operating facilities, we expect the following changes in this cycle: Submission 2022 Cycle 2025 Cycle Change Fed Hour Change Burden Hour Change Applicants (Initial & Upgrade) 283 540 +257 +257 +1670.5 Applicants with waiver or excusal requests 225 114 -111 -166.5 -1054.50 Applicants - Renewals 495 402 -93 -46.5 -232.50 Applicants - re‑applied 15 6 -9 -4.5 -22.5 Submission Change Total +44 +40 hours +361 hours The expected number of submissions has been increased by an expected 44 submissions from 1,018 to 1,062 as well as an increase of 361 hours for this cycle. A web-based fillable version of the NRC Form 398 was created to allow facility licensees to complete and submit online through the NRC Portal. This change allows for continuity with the agency’s information technology modernization efforts and significantly decreases the likelihood of errors that stem from handwritten portable document format (PDF) versions of the form being misread by software. This change is not expected to affect the burden associated with completing and submitting the NRC 398.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $290,055

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Leslie Hill 3014152158 lah1@nrc.gov

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