Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant: Construction permit application accepted for docketing (Docket Nos. 50-611 and 50-612) (application accepted for review)

What was reported

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepts and dockets an application for a construction permit for the Hermes 2 test reactor facility to be built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. DATES: This action becomes effective on September 11, 2023.Regulator, government, developer and customer statements named in the Project Ledger · U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Federal Register) statement · Sep 15, 2023 · Open the source ↗

What the evidence supports

That U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Federal Register), the regulator, published the quoted statement. It records "application accepted for review" for Construction permit application accepted for docketing (Docket Nos. 50-611 and 50-612) under permissions only.

What remains unknown

Accepted for review is not approval. Any permission beyond the action quoted. A construction authorisation is not an operating licence, and one authority's action is not another's.

Source passages

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Federal Register) statementThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepts and dockets an application for a construction permit for the Hermes 2 test reactor facility to be built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. DATES: This action becomes effective on September 11, 2023.Regulator, government, developer and customer statements named in the Project Ledger · U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Federal Register) statement · Sep 15, 2023 · Open the source ↗

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1. Revision 1 · Nov 11, 2026, 21:11 UTC

   Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant: Construction permit application accepted for docketing (Docket Nos. 50-611 and 50-612) (application accepted for review)

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