NuScale expects NRC certification of SMR design in 2021: company official

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NuScale Power expects its small modularrnreactor design to be certified by NRC inrnJanuary 2021, according to a NuScale official.rnThe company has budgeted $60 millionrnfor NRC fees for the design certificationrnapplication review, Steven Mirsky, NuScale’srnregulatory affairs manager, said in hisrnpresentation during a May 3 meeting at NRCrnheadquarters in Rockville, Maryland.rnNRC’s design certification process seeksrnto resolve certain generic safety issues for arnreactor design. A potential customer wouldrnstill need to receive a combined constructionrnpermit-operating license from NRC to buildrnand operate a unit. Design certifications arernvalid for 15 years and can be renewed.