Federal Register #2026-22577

NRC review of limited early-work authorization for Last Energy’s proposed PWR-20 facility

The NRC notice concerns early construction authorization for Last Energy’s proposed PWR-20 nuclear facility in Caldwell County, Texas. - Government buyer/regulator: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including its Office of Advanced Reactors; no purchase is being solicited. - Applicant: Last Energy, Inc., which submitted a phased construction permit application for its proposed Caldwell Site facility. - Requested authorization: Limited work authorization for subsurface preparation, grout backfill, steel liner installation, and driving steel H-piles for the reactor vessel foundation. - Application materials include financial qualifications, a preliminary safety analysis report for the authorized work, an environmental report, and a site redress plan. - The NRC may begin a detailed technical review if it determines the request is acceptable for docketing. No products, services, quantities, or part numbers are requested for purchase.

Description

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission received the first part of Last Energy, Inc.’s two-part phased construction permit application, requesting a limited work authorization for a proposed utilization facility at the Caldwell Site in Caldwell County, Texas. The request seeks approval for early construction activities for the PWR-20 nuclear reactor, including subsurface preparation, grout backfill, installation of a steel liner, and driving steel H-piles for the reactor vessel foundation. The application also includes financial qualifications, a preliminary safety analysis report, an environmental report, and a site redress plan. If the NRC finds the request acceptable for docketing, it will begin a detailed technical review.

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