§ 171.15 Annual fees: Non-power production or utilization licenses, reactor licenses, and independent spent fuel storage licenses.

Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 36503, June 16, 2026. (a) Each person holding an operating license for one or more non-power production or utilization facilities under 10 CFR part 50 that has provided notification to the NRC of the successful completion of startup testing; each person holding an operating license for a power reactor licensed under 10 CFR part 50 or a combined license under 10 CFR part 52, or an operating license or combined license for a commercial nuclear plant under 10 CFR part 53, that has provided notification to the NRC of the successful completion of power ascension testing; each person holding a 10 CFR part 50 or part 52, power reactor license, or a 10 CFR part 53 commercial nuclear plant license that is in decommissioning or possession only status, except those that have no spent fuel onsite; and each person holding a 10 CFR part 72 license who does not hold a 10 CFR part 50, part 52, or part 53 license and provides notification under § 72.80(g) of this chapter, shall pay the annual fee for each license held during the Federal fiscal year in which the fee is due. This paragraph (a) does not apply to test or research reactors exempted under § 171.11(b). (b)(1) The FY 2025 annual fee for each operating power reactor that must be collected by September 30, 2025, is $5,319,000. (2) The FY 2025 annual fees are comprised of a base annual fee for power reactors licensed to operate, a base spent fuel storage/reactor decommissioning annual fee and associated additional charges. The activities comprising the spent fuel storage/reactor decommissioning base annual fee are shown in paragraphs (c)(2)(i) and (ii) of this section. The activities comprising the FY 2025 base annual fee for operating power reactors are as follows: (i) Power reactor safety and safeguards regulation except licensing and inspection activities recovered under part 170 of this chapter and generic reactor decommissioning activities