# Variable Annual Fee Structure for Small Modular Reactors
> **Nuclear Regulatory Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2016-05-24 · Effective 2016-06-23 · 81 FR 32617
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-11975
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 32617
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 170
- **Publication date:** 2016-05-24
- **Effective date:** 2016-06-23
- **Energy docket:** NRC-2008-0664
## Abstract

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its licensing, inspection, and annual fee regulations to establish a variable annual fee structure for light-water small modular reactors (SMR). Under the variable annual fee structure, an SMR's annual fee would be calculated as a function of its licensed thermal power rating. This fee methodology complies with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended (OBRA-90).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/05/24/2016-11975/variable-annual-fee-structure-for-small-modular-reactors)
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