Enum: LicensingStageEnum

Nuclear facility licensing stages

URI: valuesets:LicensingStageEnum

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Permissible Values

Value	Title	Meaning	Description	Advantage	Authorization	Basis	Completion	Duration	Economics	Efficiency	End State	Extension	Finality	Flexibility	Funding	Milestone	Oversight	Release	Renewal	Requirements	Review	Schedule	Scope	Standardization	Survey	Testing
SITE_PERMIT	Site Permit		Early site permit for nuclear facility	reduced licensing risk				10-20 years typically						technology-neutral									site suitability evaluation
DESIGN_CERTIFICATION	Design Certification		Certification of standardized reactor design	reduced construction licensing time				15-20 years typically															reactor design approval	enables multiple deployments
CONSTRUCTION_PERMIT	Construction Permit		Authorization to begin nuclear facility construction		construction activities											major licensing milestone	construction inspection program			detailed design and safety analysis
OPERATING_LICENSE	Operating License		Authorization for commercial reactor operation		power operation and fuel loading			initially 40 years											possible for additional 20 years							extensive pre-operational testing
LICENSE_RENEWAL	License Renewal		Extension of operating license beyond initial term			demonstrated safe operation			enables continued operation			additional 20 years typical									aging management program review
COMBINED_LICENSE	Combined License (COL)		Combined construction and operating license	single licensing process						streamlined licensing approach										complete design and safety analysis			construction and operation authorization
DECOMMISSIONING_PLAN	Decommissioning Plan Approval		Approval of facility decommissioning plan								final site condition				decommissioning funding assurance							decommissioning timeline	facility dismantlement plan
LICENSE_TERMINATION	License Termination		Final termination of nuclear facility license				decommissioning completion						end of regulatory oversight					site release for unrestricted use							final radiological survey

Slots

Name	Description
licensing_stage	Nuclear facility licensing stage

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: LicensingStageEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Nuclear facility licensing stages
title: Licensing Stage
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  SITE_PERMIT:
    text: SITE_PERMIT
    description: Early site permit for nuclear facility
    annotations:
      scope:
        tag: scope
        value: site suitability evaluation
      duration:
        tag: duration
        value: 10-20 years typically
      flexibility:
        tag: flexibility
        value: technology-neutral
      advantage:
        tag: advantage
        value: reduced licensing risk
    title: Site Permit
  DESIGN_CERTIFICATION:
    text: DESIGN_CERTIFICATION
    description: Certification of standardized reactor design
    annotations:
      scope:
        tag: scope
        value: reactor design approval
      duration:
        tag: duration
        value: 15-20 years typically
      advantage:
        tag: advantage
        value: reduced construction licensing time
      standardization:
        tag: standardization
        value: enables multiple deployments
    title: Design Certification
  CONSTRUCTION_PERMIT:
    text: CONSTRUCTION_PERMIT
    description: Authorization to begin nuclear facility construction
    annotations:
      authorization:
        tag: authorization
        value: construction activities
      requirements:
        tag: requirements
        value: detailed design and safety analysis
      oversight:
        tag: oversight
        value: construction inspection program
      milestone:
        tag: milestone
        value: major licensing milestone
    title: Construction Permit
  OPERATING_LICENSE:
    text: OPERATING_LICENSE
    description: Authorization for commercial reactor operation
    annotations:
      authorization:
        tag: authorization
        value: power operation and fuel loading
      duration:
        tag: duration
        value: initially 40 years
      renewal:
        tag: renewal
        value: possible for additional 20 years
      testing:
        tag: testing
        value: extensive pre-operational testing
    title: Operating License
  LICENSE_RENEWAL:
    text: LICENSE_RENEWAL
    description: Extension of operating license beyond initial term
    annotations:
      extension:
        tag: extension
        value: additional 20 years typical
      review:
        tag: review
        value: aging management program review
      basis:
        tag: basis
        value: demonstrated safe operation
      economics:
        tag: economics
        value: enables continued operation
    title: License Renewal
  COMBINED_LICENSE:
    text: COMBINED_LICENSE
    description: Combined construction and operating license
    annotations:
      scope:
        tag: scope
        value: construction and operation authorization
      advantage:
        tag: advantage
        value: single licensing process
      requirements:
        tag: requirements
        value: complete design and safety analysis
      efficiency:
        tag: efficiency
        value: streamlined licensing approach
    title: Combined License (COL)
  DECOMMISSIONING_PLAN:
    text: DECOMMISSIONING_PLAN
    description: Approval of facility decommissioning plan
    annotations:
      scope:
        tag: scope
        value: facility dismantlement plan
      funding:
        tag: funding
        value: decommissioning funding assurance
      schedule:
        tag: schedule
        value: decommissioning timeline
      end_state:
        tag: end_state
        value: final site condition
    title: Decommissioning Plan Approval
  LICENSE_TERMINATION:
    text: LICENSE_TERMINATION
    description: Final termination of nuclear facility license
    annotations:
      completion:
        tag: completion
        value: decommissioning completion
      survey:
        tag: survey
        value: final radiological survey
      release:
        tag: release
        value: site release for unrestricted use
      finality:
        tag: finality
        value: end of regulatory oversight
    title: License Termination