Notice2026-06169
Information Collection: Scheduling Information for the Licensing of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels
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Published
March 31, 2026
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, "Scheduling Information for the Licensing of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels."
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16018-16019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06169]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-0077]
Information Collection: Scheduling Information for the Licensing
of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
The information collection is entitled, ``Scheduling Information for
the Licensing of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased
Enrichment Fuels.''
DATES: Submit comments by April 30, 2026. 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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91d8fff7fef2fefdfdf4f2e5e2bfc3f4e2fee4e3f2f4d1ffe3f2bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d04232b222e222121282e393e631f283e22383f2e280d233f2e632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0077 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:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0077.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. To begin the search, select ``Begin ADAMS Public 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acfce8fe82fec9dfc3d9decfc9ecc2decf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7879385f985b2a4b8a2a5b4b297b9a5b4f9b0b8a1">[email protected]</span></a>. A copy of the collection of information and
related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS
Accession: No. ML26056A331. The supporting statement and burden
spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML25351A182 and
ML25120A388, respectively.
<bullet> 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#de8e9a8cf08cbbadb1abacbdbb9eb0acbdf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84d4c0d6aad6e1f7ebf1f6e7e1c4eaf6e7aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a> 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.
<bullet> NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
contacting the Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office of
the Chief Information Officer,
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-0856; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2ebccc4cdc1cdcecec7c1d6d18cf0c7d1cdd7d0c1c7e2ccd0c18cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c75525a535f535050595f484f126e594f53494e5f597c524e5f125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are
posted at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and entered into ADAMS. Comment
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact
information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the OMB, 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 comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of
an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled,
``Scheduling Information for the Licensing of Accident Tolerant, Higher
Burnup, and Increased Enrichment Fuels.'' The NRC hereby informs
potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on December 10, 2025, 90 FR
57221.
1. The title of the information collection: Scheduling Information
for the Licensing of Accident Tolerant, Higher Burnup, and Increased
Enrichment Fuels.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0258.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All holders of
operating licenses for nuclear power reactors under the provisions of
part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' or
holders of a combined license under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' except those
that have permanently ceased operations and have certified that fuel
has been permanently removed from the reactor vessel. All holders of
licenses and potential applicants for a fuel cycle facility under the
provisions of 10 CFR part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear
Material,'' and holders of licenses and Certificates of Compliance and
potential applicants for transportation and storage systems under the
provisions of 10 CFR part 71, ``Packaging and Transportation of
Radioactive Material,'' and 10 CFR part 72, ``Licensing Requirements
for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level
Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste.''
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 14.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 14.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 140.
10. Abstract: The accident tolerant fuel (ATF) program is a joint
effort between the U.S. nuclear industry and the U.S. Department of
Energy to design and pursue approval of various fuel types with
enhanced accident tolerance. The ATF program includes development of
technologies that would extend fuel burnup and enrichment limits beyond
currently authorized levels. In order to deploy these new technologies,
the industry will need to seek authorization for various activities
throughout the fuel cycle, from fuel fabrication, transportation, and
storage to installation and utilization in a reactor. In order to
support the timely processing of licensing activities needed to support
the deployment of these new technologies, the NRC is seeking scheduling
information for licensing submittals from all respondents. This
information will allow the NRC to better allocate its resources to
support the activities associated with licensing these technologies
while being better able to meet the industry's desired timeline.
Dated: March 26, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-06169 Filed 3-30-26; 8:45 am]
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