Public Engagement of New Fuels

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Commission Meetings

Past public Commission meetings related to Accident Tolerant Fuel and Advanced Reactor Fuel, both of which include HALEU, are listed in the table below:

Description Links Date
Briefing on Accident Tolerant Fuel 04/12/2018
Briefing on Advanced Reactors 04/24/2018
Briefing on Advanced Reactors and New Reactor Topics 02/06/2020
Commission meeting on ATF 02/25/2020
Commission meeting on Advanced Reactor Preparedness Through Regulatory Engagement and Research Cooperation 04/13/2021
Briefing on 10 CFR Part 53 Licensing and Regulation of Advanced Nuclear Reactor 12/09/2021
Briefing on Advanced Reactors Activities with Federal Partners 05/12/2022
Update on 10 CFR Part 53 Licensing and Regulation of Advanced Nuclear Reactors 07/21/2022
Overview of Advanced Reactor Fuel Activities 12/08/2022

Transportation

Early engagement related to transportation are listed in the table below:

Description Links Date
Pre-application meeting with Daher Nuclear Technologies for a new UF6 package with up to 10% enrichment 06/10/2020
Pre-application meeting with Daher Nuclear Technologies for proposed changes to the Model No. Versa-Pac package 02/16/2021
Pre-application meeting with Daher Nuclear Technologies for a new uranium hexafluoride (UF6) package with up to 10 weight % enrichment 02/17/2021
Pre-application meeting with Westinghouse Electric Company to discuss a proposed amendment for the Model No. Traveler STD and XL Packages 06/24/2021
Pre-application meeting with GNF-A to discuss a proposed amendment for the RAJ-II package for greater than 5% enrichment 02/15/2022
Pre-application meeting with Framatome to discuss a proposed amendment for the TN-B1 package for greater than 5% enrichment 12/13/2022

Fuel Facilities

Past public meetings related to fuel facilities (Kairos, TRISO-X) are listed in the table below:

Description Links Date
Pre-application meeting with Louisiana Energy Services to discuss a proposed increase in enrichment to 10 weight % UF6 06/16/2021
Pre-application meeting with Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas to discuss enrichments up to 8 weight % uranium-235.  05/03/2022

Stakeholder Meetings

NRC staff periodically hold stakeholder meetings. Two topics related to new fuels include: