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NRC RIN: 3150-AK31 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Risk-Informed, Technology Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors [NRC-2019-0062] 
Abstract:

This rulemaking would establish an optional technology-inclusive regulatory framework for use by applicants for new commercial advanced nuclear reactors. The regulatory requirements developed in this rulemaking would use methods of evaluation, including risk-informed and performance-based methods, that are flexible and practicable for application to a variety of advanced reactor technologies. The NRC engaged with the public by providing periodic release of preliminary proposed rule language, holding public meetings with stakeholders, and requesting public feedback. 

 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 1, 2, 10, 11, 10, 20, 21, 25 and 26    10 CFR 30, 40, 50, 51, 53, 70, 72, 73 and 74    10 CFR 75, 95, 140, 150, 170 and 171     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201    42 U.S.C. 5841   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/31/2024  89 FR 86918   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  11/22/2024  89 FR 92609   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/30/2024 
NPRM Comment Period Extended End  02/28/2025 
Final Rule  04/00/2027 
Additional Information: On December 10, 2021, NRC published a notice extending the public comment period for the preliminary proposed rule language to August 31, 2022 (86 FR 70423). In SRM-SECY-18-0026, dated July 14, 2022 (ML22195A097), the Commission disapproved the draft proposed rule, Financial Qualifications Requirements for Reactor Licensing [NRC-2014-0161; RIN 3150-AJ43] and directed the staff to address financial qualifications during the development of this proposed rule, and to solicit stakeholder feedback on financial qualifications. In SRM-23-0021, dated March 4, 2024 (ML24064A047), the Commission approved, in part, the NRC staff's draft proposed rule to establish a voluntary risk-informed, performance-based, and technology-inclusive regulatory framework for commercial nuclear plants. On November 25, 2024, the NRC extended the comment period for the proposed rule from December 30, 2024, to February 28, 2025 (89 FR 92609).
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert Beall
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-3874
Email: robert.beall@nrc.gov