Rapid Regulatory Momentum in the US and Canada
Canada
ARC is the only Generation IV advanced small modular reactor to have completed both phases of the CNSC Vendor Design Review and have an active license to prepare site license underway. No other Generation IV aSMR in Canada has reached this milestone. We are advancing within the existing regulatory framework, with no required amendments.
CNSC VDR Phase I
CNSC VDR Phase II
License to Prepare Site (LTPS) Application Submitted
Environmental Assessment Application Submitted
Preliminary Design
Detailed Design
Construction License
United States
ARC has been in active pre-licensing engagement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since 2020. ARC is rapidly advancing commercial deployment through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) and preparing for the NRC’s Part 53 modernized licensing pathway.
U.S. DOE ARDP Conceptual Design
U.S. DOE ARDP Preliminary Design
NRC Regulatory Engagement Plan (REP) Submitted
NRC Pre-Application Engagement (Over 150 technical documents submitted; 9 formal meetings completed)
Detailed Design – U.S. NRC Licensing (via 10 CFR Part 53)
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