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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94767-94768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28025]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-611 and 50-612; NRC-2023-0138]

Kairos Power LLC; Hermes 2 Test Reactor Facility; Construction 
Permits

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing 
notice of the issuance of Construction Permits CPTR-7 and CPTR-8 to 
Kairos Power LLC (Kairos) for the two units of the proposed Hermes 2 
test reactor facility.

DATES: The Construction Permits CPTR-7 and CPTR-8 were issued on 
November 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0138 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may 
obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0138. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. 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 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Orenak, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3229; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    Under section 2.106 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR), the NRC is providing notice of the issuance of Construction 
Permits, CPTR-7 and CPTR-8, to Kairos for the two units of the proposed 
Hermes 2 test reactor facility. The construction permits, which are 
immediately effective, authorize Kairos to construct a test reactor 
facility, as described in Kairos's construction permit application, in 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. With respect to the construction permit 
application filed by Kairos, the NRC finds that the applicable 
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 
(the Act), and the Commission's regulations have been met. The NRC 
finds that any required notifications to other agencies or bodies have 
been duly made and that, among other things, there is reasonable 
assurance that the activities authorized by the permits will be 
conducted in compliance with the rules and regulations of the 
Commission, that safety questions will be satisfactorily resolved by 
the completion of construction, and that, taking into consideration 
siting criteria, the proposed facility can be constructed and operated 
at the proposed location without undue risk to public health and 
safety, subject to the conditions listed in the construction permits. 
Furthermore, the NRC finds that the licensee is technically and 
financially qualified to engage in the activities authorized, and that 
issuance of the license will not be inimical to the common defense and 
security or to the health and safety of the public. Finally, the NRC 
finds that the findings required by 10 CFR part 51, subpart A, have 
been made.
    Accordingly, the immediately effective construction permits were 
issued on November 21, 2024.

II. Further Information

    The NRC prepared a Safety Evaluation (SE) as well as an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI) that document the NRC's evaluation of Kairos's construction 
permit application and the NRC's findings. The Commission also issued 
its Memorandum and Order documenting its final decision on the 
mandatory hearing on November 20, 2024. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 
of the NRC's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure,'' details with 
respect to this

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action, including the SE, EA and FONSI, accompanying documentation 
included in the construction permit package, and the Commission's 
hearing decision, are available online in the ADAMS Public Documents 
collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this 
site, persons can access the NRC's ADAMS, which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents.

III. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as 
indicated.

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            Document description                 ADAMS accession no.
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Construction Permit No. CPTR-7.............  ML24324A021.
Construction Permit No. CPTR-8.............  ML24324A022.
Commission's Memorandum and Order on the     ML24325A378.
 mandatory hearing.
Safety Evaluation Related to the Kairos      ML24200A114 (Package).
 Power LLC Construction Permit Application
 for the Hermes 2 Non-power Test Reactor
 Facility.
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No   ML24240A034.
 Significant Impact for the Construction
 Permits and Environmental Review
 Exemptions for the Kairos Hermes 2 Test
 Reactors, dated August 2024.
Kairos Construction Permit Application.....  ML23195A122.
                                             ML23195A123.
                                             ML24144A090 (Package).
                                             ML23195A125.
                                             ML23195A127.
                                             ML23195A130.
                                             ML23195A132.
                                             ML24103A245.
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    Dated: November 22, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeremy Bowen,
Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and 
Utilization Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2024-28025 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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