Renewal of Fuel Licensing Information Collection

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ACTION:

Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment.

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 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.

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:

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0077.

• 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 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 PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 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.

• 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. eastern time (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 Acting NRC
Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief Information Officer,

  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email: *Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.*

B. Submitting Comments

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication
of this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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 https://www.regulations.gov 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] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P

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