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LICENSE AMENDMENT ISSUANCES—Continued 

Brief Description of Amendment(s) .......................................................... The amendment revised the technical specifications related to reactor 

coolant system operational leakage and the definition of the term 

‘‘LEAKAGE’’ based on Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) 

Traveler TSTF–554, Revision 1, ‘‘Revise Reactor Coolant Leakage 

Requirements’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML20016A233), and the associated NRC staff safety evaluation (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML20322A024). 

Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) ................. No. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jamie Heisserer, 

Deputy Director, Division of Operating 

Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18515 Filed 9–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. 50–7513; NRC–2021–0193] 

Kairos Power LLC; Notice of Hearing 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Construction permit 

application; notice of hearing. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

will convene an evidentiary session to 

receive testimony and exhibits in the 

uncontested proceeding regarding the 

application from Kairos Power LLC 

(Kairos) for a construction permit (CP) 

to construct a non-power test reactor 

termed Hermes in Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee. This mandatory hearing will 

consider safety and environmental 

matters relating to the requested CP. 

DATES: The hearing will be held on 

October 19, 2023, beginning at 9:00 a.m. 

Eastern Time (ET). For the schedule for 

submitting pre-filed documents and 

deadlines affecting Interested 

Government Participants, see Section VI 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2021–0193 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0193. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individuals listed 

in the ‘‘For Further Information 

Contact’’ section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS 

accession number for each document 

referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that it is 

mentioned in this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wesley W. Held, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 

301–287–3591; email: Wesley.Held@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

that, pursuant to Section 189a of the 

Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as 

amended (the Act), it will convene an 

evidentiary session to receive testimony 

and exhibits in the proceeding regarding 

the Kairos application for a CP under 

part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), to construct a 

non-power test reactor termed Hermes 

in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 

Kairos’s application was submitted in 

two parts by letters dated September 29, 

2021, (Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML21272A375) and 

October 31, 2021, (ML21306A131). 

The NRC staff’s Environmental Impact 

Statement and Safety Evaluation Report 

may be viewed at ADAMS Accession 

Nos. ML23214A269 and ML23158A268, 

respectively. This mandatory hearing 

will concern safety and environmental 

matters relating to the requested 

construction permit application, as 

more fully described below. 

II. Evidentiary Uncontested Hearing 

The Commission will conduct this 

hearing beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET on 

October 19, 2023, at the Commission’s 

headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. 

The hearing will continue on 

subsequent days, if necessary. 

III. Presiding Officer 

The Commission is the presiding 

officer for this proceeding. 

IV. Matters To Be Considered 

The matter at issue in this proceeding 

is whether the review of the Kairos CP 

application by the Commission’s staff 

has been adequate to support the 

findings found in 10 CFR 50.35, 50.40, 

50.50, and 10 CFR 51.105. Those 

findings are as follows: 

Issues Pursuant to the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954, as Amended 

With respect to the CP: (1) whether 

the applicant has described the 

proposed design of the facility, 

including, but not limited to, the 

principal architectural and engineering 

criteria for the design, and has 

identified the major features or 

components incorporated therein for the 

protection of the health and safety of the 

public; (2) whether such further 

technical or design information as may 

be required to complete the safety 

analysis, and which can reasonably be 

left for later consideration, will be 

supplied in the final safety analysis 

report; (3) whether safety features or 

components, if any, which require 

research and development have been 

described by the applicant and the 

applicant has identified, and there will 

be conducted, a research and 

development program reasonably 

designed to resolve any safety questions 

associated with such features or 

components; (4) whether on the basis of 

the foregoing, there is reasonable 

assurance that—(i) such safety questions 


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1The process for accessing and using the agency’s 

E-filing system is described in the February 9, 2022, 

notice of hearing (87 FR 7503) that was issued by 

the Commission for this proceeding. Participants 

who are unable to use the electronic information 

exchange (EIE), or who will have difficulty 

complying with EIE requirements in the time frame 

provided for submission of written statements, may 

provide their statements by electronic mail to 

hearingdocket@nrc.gov. 

will be satisfactorily resolved at or 

before the latest date stated in the 

application for completion of 

construction of the proposed facility, 

and (ii) taking into consideration the 

site criteria contained in 10 CFR part 

100, the proposed facility can be 

constructed and operated at the 

proposed location without undue risk to 

the health and safety of the public; (5) 

whether there is reasonable assurance (i) 

that the construction of the facility will 

not endanger the health and safety of 

the public, and (ii) that construction 

activities can be conducted in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

regulations; (6) whether the applicant is 

technically and financially qualified to 

engage in the proposed activities in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

regulations in chapter I of title 10 of the 

CFR; (7) whether the issuance of a 

permit for the construction of the 

facility to the applicant will not, in the 

opinion of the Commission, be inimical 

to the common defense and security or 

to the health and safety of the public; 

and (8) whether the application meets 

the standards and requirements of the 

AEA and the Commission’s regulations, 

and that notifications, if any, to other 

agencies or bodies have been duly 

made. 

Issues Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 

With respect to the CP: (1) determine 

whether the requirements of Sections 

102(2)(A), (C), and (E) of NEPA and the 

applicable regulations in 10 CFR part 51 

have been met; (2) independently 

consider the final balance among 

conflicting factors contained in the 

record of the proceeding with a view to 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken; (3) determine, after weighing the 

environmental, economic, technical, 

and other benefits against 

environmental and other costs, and 

considering reasonable alternatives, 

whether the construction permit should 

be issued, denied, or appropriately 

conditioned to protect environmental 

values; and (4) determine whether the 

NEPA review conducted by the NRC 

staff has been adequate. 

V. Schedule for Submittal of Pre-Filed 

Documents 

No later than September 28, 2023, 

unless the Commission directs 

otherwise, the NRC staff and the 

applicant shall submit a list of its 

anticipated witnesses for the hearing. 

No later than September 28, 2023, 

unless the Commission directs 

otherwise, the applicant shall submit its 

pre-filed written testimony. The NRC 

staff submitted its pre-filed testimony 

on August 23, 2023. 

The Commission may issue written 

questions to the applicant or the NRC 

staff before the hearing. If such 

questions are issued, an order 

containing such questions will be issued 

no later than September 15, 2023. 

Responses to such questions are due 

September 28, 2023, unless the 

Commission directs otherwise. 

VI. Interested Government Participants 

No later than September 13, 2023, any 

interested State, local government body, 

or Federally recognized Indian Tribe 

may file with the Commission a 

statement of any issues or questions that 

the State, local government body, or 

Indian Tribe wishes the Commission to 

give particular attention as part of the 

uncontested hearing process. Such 

statement may be accompanied by any 

supporting documentation that the 

State, local government body, or Indian 

Tribe sees fit to provide. Any statements 

and supporting documentation (if any) 

received by the Commission using the 

agency’s E-filing system 1 by the 

deadline indicated above will be made 

part of the record of the proceeding. The 

Commission will use such statements 

and documents as appropriate to inform 

its pre-hearing questions to the NRC 

staff and applicant, its inquiries at the 

oral hearing, and its decision following 

the hearing. The Commission may also 

request, no later than September 15, 

2023, that one or more particular States, 

local government bodies, or Indian 

Tribes send one representative each to 

the evidentiary hearing to answer 

Commission questions and/or make a 

statement for the purpose of assisting 

the Commission’s exploration of one or 

more of the issues raised by the State, 

local government body, or Indian Tribe, 

in the pre-hearing filings described 

above. The decision whether to request 

the presence of a representative of a 

State, local government body, or Indian 

Tribe at the evidentiary hearing to make 

a statement and/or answer Commission 

questions is solely at the Commission’s 

discretion. The Commission’s request 

will specify the issue or issues that each 

representative should be prepared to 

address. 

Many of the procedures and rights 

applicable to the inherently adversarial 

nature of NRC’s contested hearing 

process are not available in this 

uncontested hearing. Participation in 

the NRC’s contested hearing process is 

governed by 10 CFR 2.309 (for persons 

or entities, including a State, local 

government, or Indian Tribe seeking to 

file contentions of their own) and 10 

CFR 2.315(c) (for an interested State, 

local government, or Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe seeking to 

participate with respect to contentions 

filed by others). Participation in this 

uncontested hearing does not affect the 

right of a State, a local government, or 

an Indian Tribe to participate in a 

separate contested hearing process. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day 

of August, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Brooke P. Clark, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19006 Filed 9–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

[NRC–2023–0001] 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Weeks of September 4, 

11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, 2023. The 

schedule for Commission meetings is 

subject to change on short notice. The 

NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can 

be found on the internet at: https://

www.nrc.gov/public-involve/publicmeetings/schedule.html. 

PLACE: The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g., 

braille, large print), please notify Anne 

Silk, NRC Disability Program Specialist, 

at 301–287–0745, by videophone at 

240–428–3217, or by email at 

Anne.Silk@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

STATUS: Public and closed. 

Members of the public may request to 

receive the information in these notices 

electronically. If you would like to be 

added to the distribution, please contact 

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 

20555, at 301–415–1969, or by email at 

Wendy.Moore@nrc.gov. 


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