Gov't URL for Docket: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC-2026-0760
Our comment:
Comment on Docket: NRC-2026-0760, Draft Interim Staff Guidance: NRC License Application Pathway for Streamlined Reviews of Proven Reactor Designs We urge the NRC not to pass the interim staff guidance outlined in Docket ID NRC-2026-0760 because doing so would direct NRC staff to proceed as though NRC-2025-1503 had already been approved. Therefore, all of the reasons to reject NRC-2025-1503 also apply to this docket (NRC-2026-0760). As stated in our comments to NRC-2025-1503, reactor design approval from the Department of Energy (DOE) or the Department of Defense/Department of War (DOD/DOW) should not take the place of full Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) review of a reactor design, particularly in the context of site-specific review of environmental impacts and emergency preparations. Yet this docket (NRC-2026-0760) would direct NRC staff to treat licensing requests based on DOE and DOD/DOW designs as if those designs had already received full NRC approval. We incorporate by reference and adopt as our own the comments submitted to docket NRC-2025-1503 by Fred Schofer, Lynda Williams (Nuclear Free Hawaii), Ace Hoffman, and Sharon Hoffman (with Ace Hoffman) to apply as additional comments on NRC-2026-0760 because they apply directly to this proposed interim staff guidance. The five comments on NRC-2025-1503 that we are incorporating by reference and adopting as our own available at the following links: Comment on NRC-2025-1503 by Fred Schofer: https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NRC-2025-1503-0005 Comment on NRC-2025-1503 by Lynda Williams (Nuclear Free Hawaii): https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NRC-2025-1503-0079 Comment by Ace Hoffman: https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NRC-2025-1503-0120 Comment by Sharon Hoffman (with Ace Hoffman): https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NRC-2025-1503-0037 Comment on NRC-2025-1503 by Ace Hoffman: https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NRC-2025-1503-0038 We also incorporate by reference and adopt as our own the comments submitted to docket NRC-2026-0760 by Lynda Williams (Nuclear Free Hawaii) which is available at the following link: https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NRC-2026-0760-0027 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your comment was submitted successfully!
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