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is provided the first time that it is 

mentioned in this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

(ET), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tilda Liu, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 404–997– 

4730, email: Tilda.Liu@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC 

issued an exemption (ADAMS Package 

Accession No. ML22007A271) to NEDA 

for the DAEC ISFSI. By letter dated 

October 21, 2021 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML21294A280), as supplemented 

by letters dated December 10, 2021 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML21344A186), 

and January 6, 2022 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML22006A105), NEDA submitted a 

one-time exemption request to the NRC 

for the DAEC ISFSI, in accordance with 

section 72.7 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Specific 

exemptions,’’ from the requirements of 

10 CFR 72.212 (a)(2), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), 

(b)(5)(i), (b)(11), and 72.214. 

Specifically, the one-time exemption 

request sought the NRC approval for a 

failed fuel can (FFC) and its contents at 

DAEC to exceed the limits specified in 

Table 1–1t in Appendix B, Technical 

Specifications, of NRC Certificate of 

Compliance (CoC) No. 1004, Renewed 

Amendment No. 17 (ADAMS Package 

Accession No. ML21109A325). 

The granted exemption permits the 

DAEC ISFSI to deviate from a specific 

requirement contained in Table 1–1t in 

Appendix B of NRC CoC No. 1004, 

Renewed Amendment No. 17, by 

allowing NEDA to load a failed fuel 

assembly in an FCC, within a DAEC dry 

shielded canister (DSC) No. 30 fuel cell, 

where the combined weight of the failed 

fuel assembly plus the FCC exceeds the 

705 lb limit. Under the exemption, the 

FCC and its contents may weigh a 

maximum of 800 lb. As a condition of 

this exemption, however, NEDA is 

required to leave at least two adjacent 

DSC fuel cells empty in its spent fuel 

pool off-load campaign to increase the 

available margin for weight. The NRC 

staff also prepared an environmental 

assessment and finding of no significant 

impact regarding the renewal of the 

facility operating license, published in 

the Federal Register on February 2, 

2022 (87 FR 5847), and concluded that 

renewal of the facility operating license 

will not have a significant impact on the 

quality of the human environment. An 

analysis of this exemption can be found 

at the previously cited ADAMS package 

accession number (ML22007A271). 

Dated: February 15, 2022. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Yoira K. Diaz-Sanabria, 

Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing 

Branch, Division of Fuel Management, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

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[Docket No. 50–7513; NRC–2021–0193] 

Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping 

Process and Prepare Environmental 

Impact Statement; Kairos Energy, LLC, 

Kairos Test Reactor 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Intent to conduct scoping 

process and prepare environmental 

impact statement; public scoping 

meeting and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) will conduct a 

scoping process to gather information 

necessary to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the 

environmental impacts for a 

construction permit (CP) requested by 

Kairos Power, LLC. The NRC is seeking 

public comment on this action and has 

scheduled a joint public outreach and 

public scoping meeting. 

DATES: The NRC will hold a joint public 

outreach and public scoping meeting on 

March 23, 2022. Meeting details will be 

available by March 11, 2022 at https:// 

www.nrc.gov/reactors/non-power/ 

kairos-hermes.html or at the NRC’s 

Public Meeting Schedule website at 

https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. 

Members of the public are invited to 

submit comments on the scope of the 

EIS by April 19, 2022. Comments 

received after this date will be 

considered if it is practical to do so, but 

the NRC is able to ensure consideration 

only for comments received on or before 

this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website: 

• Email: Comments may be submitted 

to the NRC electronically using the 

email address KairosHermes-CPEIS@

nrc.gov. 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://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 individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamsen Dozier, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2272, email: Tamsen.Dozier@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

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://regulations.gov and search for 

Docket ID NRC–2021–0193. 

• 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 in this 

document (if it is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that it is 

referenced. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 


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Maryland 20852. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

(ET), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays 

• Public Library: A copy of the CP 

application, including the 

environmental report (ER), is available 

for public review at the Oak Ridge 

Public Library, 1401 Oak Ridge 

Turnpike, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2021–0193 in the 

subject line of your comment 

submission in order to ensure that the 

NRC is able to make your comment 

submission available to the public in 

this docket. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

By letter dated September 29, 2021 

(ADAMS Package Accession No. 

ML21272A375), Kairos Power, LLC 

(Kairos) submitted to the NRC pursuant 

to Section 104 of the Atomic Energy Act 

and part 50 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and 

Utilization Facilities,’’ an application 

for a CP for the Hermes test reactor (aka 

a ‘‘testing facility’’ as defined in 10 CFR 

50.2), which would be located in Oak 

Ridge, Tennessee. The Hermes test 

reactor is a high-temperature thermal 

reactor using solid tri-structural 

isotropic fuel in pebble form and a 

molten fluoride salt coolant. This 

submission initiated the NRC’s 

proposed action of determining whether 

to grant the CP. A notice of receipt and 

availability of the portion of the 

application submitted on September 29, 

2021 was published in the Federal 

Register on October 29, 2021 (86 FR 

60077). 

On October 31, 2021, Kairos filed the 

second part of its application (ADAMS 

Package Accession No. ML21306A131) 

for a CP, which consisted of the ER 

required by 10 CFR 50.30(f) and Subpart 

A of part 51. Submission of the ER 

completed the application for a CP. 

The NRC staff determined that Kairos 

submitted a two-part application in 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5) and 

10 CFR part 50, and that the application 

is acceptable for docketing under Docket 

No. 50–7513. The NRC sent a letter of 

acceptance and docketing to Kairos on 

November 29, 2021 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML21319A354). A notice of 

acceptance for docketing of the 

application was published in the 

Federal Register on December 1, 2021 

(86 FR 68290) and a notice of 

opportunity for hearing was published 

on February 9, 2022 (87 FR 7503). These 

notices are available on the Federal 

rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov) by searching for 

Docket ID NRC–2021–0193 and NRC– 

2022–0033. 

III. Request for Comment 

This notice informs the public of the 

NRC’s intent to conduct environmental 

scoping and prepare an EIS related to 

the CP application for Kairos Hermes 

test reactor. This notice also to provides 

the public an opportunity to participate 

in the environmental scoping process, 

in accordance with 10 CFR 51.29 and 10 

CFR 51.116. 

The regulations in 36 CFR 800.8, 

‘‘Coordination with the National 

Environmental Policy Act,’’ allow 

agencies to use their National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) (NEPA) process to 

fulfill the requirements of Section 106 of 

the National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966 (54 U.S.C. 300101, et seq.) (NHPA). 

Therefore, pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c), 

the NRC intends to use its process and 

documentation required for the 

preparation of the EIS on the proposed 

action to comply with Section 106 of the 

NHPA in lieu of the procedures set forth 

at 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.50(a), 

Kairos submitted an ER as part of the CP 

application. The ER was prepared 

pursuant to 10 CFR part 51 and is 

publicly available at ADAMS Package 

Accession No. ML21306A131. The ER 

will also be available for viewing at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/nonpower/kairos-hermes.html. In addition, 

the ER is available for public review at 

the Oak Ridge Public Library, 1401 Oak 

Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 

The NRC intends to gather the 

information necessary to prepare an EIS 

related to the CP application for the 

Kairos Hermes test reactor. The NRC is 

required by 10 CFR 51.20(b) to prepare 

an EIS in connection with the issuance 

of a CP for a test reactor. This notice is 

being published in accordance with 

NEPA and the NRC’s regulations at 10 

CFR part 51. 

The EIS will evaluate the 

environmental impacts of construction, 

operation and decommissioning of the 

Kairos Hermes test reactor, and 

reasonable alternatives thereto. Possible 

alternatives to the proposed action 

include the no action alternative and 

alternative sites. 

As part of its environmental review, 

the NRC will first conduct a scoping 

process and, as soon as practicable 

thereafter, will prepare a draft EIS for 

public comment. Participation in this 

scoping process by members of the 

public and local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal government agencies is 

encouraged. The scoping process for the 

draft EIS will be used to accomplish the 

following: 

a. Define the proposed action that is 

to be the subject of the EIS; 

b. Determine the scope of the EIS and 

identify the significant issues to be 

analyzed in depth; 

c. Identify and eliminate from 

detailed study those issues that are 

peripheral or are not significant or that 

have been covered by prior 

environmental review; 

d. Identify any environmental 

assessments and other ElSs that are 

being or will be prepared that are 

related to, but are not part of, the scope 

of the EIS under consideration; 

e. Identify other environmental 

review and consultation requirements 

related to the proposed action; 

f. Indicate the relationship between 

the timing of the preparation of the 

environmental analyses and the NRC’s 

tentative planning and decision-making 

schedule; 

g. Identify any cooperating agencies 

and, as appropriate, allocate 

assignments for preparation and 

schedules for completing the EIS to the 

NRC and any cooperating agencies; and 

h. Describe how the EIS will be 

prepared, including any contractor 

assistance to be used. 

The NRC invites the following entities 

to participate in scoping: 

a. The applicant, Kairos Power, LLC.; 

b. Any Federal agency that has 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 


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with respect to any environmental 

impact involved or that is authorized to 

develop and enforce relevant 

environmental standards; 

c. Affected State and local 

government agencies, including those 

authorized to develop and enforce 

relevant environmental standards; 

d. Any affected Indian Tribe; 

e. Any person who requests or has 

requested an opportunity to participate 

in the scoping process; and 

f. Any person who has petitioned or 

intends to petition for leave to intervene 

under 10 CFR 2.309. 

IV. Public Scoping Meeting 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26(b), 

the scoping process for an EIS may 

include a public scoping meeting, 

which may help identify significant 

issues related to the proposed action 

and to determine the scope of issues to 

be addressed in the EIS. 

The NRC is planning to conduct a 

public outreach and scoping meeting for 

the Kairos Hermes EIS. The meeting is 

currently expected to be held on March 

23, 2022. Meeting details will be 

available by March 11, 2022 at https:// 

www.nrc.gov/reactors/non-power/ 

kairos-hermes.html or at the NRC’s 

Public Meeting Schedule website at 

https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. A court 

reporter will transcribe all comments 

received during the public meeting. To 

be considered, comments must be 

provided either at the transcribed public 

meeting or in writing, as discussed in 

the ADDRESSES section of this document. 

Please contact Ms. Tamsen Dozier no 

later than March 14, 2022, if 

accommodations or special equipment 

is needed to participate or to provide 

comments, so that the NRC staff can 

determine whether the request can be 

accommodated. 

The public outreach and scoping 

meeting will include: (1) An overview 

by the NRC staff of the safety and 

environmental review processes, the 

proposed scope of the EIS, and the 

proposed review schedule; and (2) the 

opportunity for interested government 

agencies, organizations, and individuals 

to submit comments or suggestions on 

environmental issues or the proposed 

scope of the Kairos Hermes EIS. 

Participation in the scoping process 

for the Kairos Hermes EIS does not 

entitle participants to become parties to 

the proceeding to which the EIS relates. 

Matters related to participation in any 

hearing are outside the scope of matters 

to be discussed at this public meeting. 

Dated: February 15, 2022. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Kenneth T. Erwin, 

Chief, Environmental Review New Reactor 

Branch, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environment, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03537 Filed 2–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0180] 

Information Collection: NRC Form 664, 

‘‘General Licensee Registration’’ 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Renewal of existing information 

collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) invites public 

comment on the renewal of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for an existing collection of 

information. The information collection 

is entitled, NRC Form 664, ‘‘General 

Licensee Registration.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by April 19, 

2022. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the Commission is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website: 

• Federal rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0180. 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 individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• Mail comments to: David Cullison, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

Mail Stop: T–6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0180 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–2021–0180. A copy 

of the collection of information and 

related instructions may be obtained 

without charge by accessing Docket ID 

NRC–2021–0180 on this website. 

• 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 supporting 

statement and NRC Form 664 are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

Nos. ML21355A133 and ML22020A155, 

respectively. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

(ET), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting the NRC’s 

Clearance Officer, David C. Cullison, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2084; email: 

Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2021–0180 in your 

comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information in 

comment submissions that you do not 


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