Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation

What this funds

Resources decrease primarily as a result of the following: ' Reduced resources for storage system reviews, including license renewals, amendments, certificate of compliance applications, decommissioning funding plan reviews, licensing activities for certification actions for transportation of microreactors, physical security plan reviews and transportation security route Generally, resources budgeted in the Licensing and Oversight Product Lines impact fees for services. All other The major activities in the Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line include the following: ' Perform safety and environmental reviews for approximately 58 storage system and storage site reviews, including license renewals, amendments, certificates of compliance applications, and decommissioning funding plan reviews. Support approximately 45 transportation package reviews, including reviews of advanced reactor fuel, development and updates of regulations and guidance, and review of one ' Perform security-related activities, including security plan reviews and transportation security route approvals. Support physical security inspections of ISFSI operations, reviews of security for onsite storage of spent fuel, and issuance of ISFSI security orders for new facilities, as needed ($477K, 2 FTE). ' Implement activities related to oversight and program infrastructure, including the revision of inspection guidance, inspector training, aging management inspections, and resources in the regions for ISFSI pad ' Conduct research activities for code development and the preparation of technical bases to support the licensing of transportation packages and spent fuel storage systems for advanced fuels, small modular ' Support rulemaking activities, including those associated with the approval of spent fuel storage casks and the NRC's wholesale review and revision of regulations and guidance documents to implement Executive Order 14300, "Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," dated May 23, 2025 ' Coordinate with the International Atomic Energy Agency to compare regulatory frameworks, share research information on storage and transportation matters, and harmonize the certification of transport packages and the licensing of storage cask designs with international standards ($454K, 2 FTE). ' Support agency-provided and external training in radiation sciences and security; maintain a highly qualified workforce through recruitment and staffing of entry-level positions to support the agency's 5 Resource amounts in parentheses within the "Changes from FY 2026 Enacted Budget" section in each business line chapter of the FY 2027 budget request reflect the resource changes from the FY 2026 Enacted Budget. The list of activities described in the section is a subset of items that represent the drivers for resource changes within the business line. 6 The list of activities described in the "Major Activities" section of each business line chapter in the FY 2027 budget request represents a subset of activities in the business line budget request. Resource amounts in parentheses will not add to the total resources for the business line.

Extracted from NRC, p. 12. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

Contracts funded by this line

2 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

Confidence mix · 2 medium

Linked contracts are a floor, not a census. Coverage is bounded by how distinctively a program is named and, for performer links, to RDT&E and Procurement — O&M and military construction publish no performers. Budget figures are FY2027 request dollars; contract figures are obligations. The two measure different things and must never be summed together.

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