Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: b143ccef-ed08-482d-bc4b-b4e012328090
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1523/ML15233A056.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.206
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action/information items; d. a COLA referencing an ESP: (1) potential variances from the ESP and (2) plans for addressing COL action items and conditions in the permit; e. a quality assurance program; DG-1325, Page-36 f. a PRA; and g. a reliability assurance program. Environmental Preapplication Activities Prospective applicants are encouraged to participate in environmental preapplication activities to ensure the NRC staff’s effective and timely review of the application’s ER. It is recommended that the prospective applicant and the staff begin discussions on environmental preapplication activities soon after completion of the introductory meetings. A site tour and discussions on design features that will directly affect environmental resources such as rivers, wetlands, terrestrial and aquatic habitats, threatened or endangered species, and ground water should be completed early in the preapplication process. Numerous environmental guidance documents that are available on the NRC public Web site address information that must be included in the ER. The NRC staff will seek information, in increasing level of detail, to support its anticipated reviews on issues such as the following: a. historical site information for land use, ecology, cultural/historic resources, hydrology, hydrogeology, geology, meteorology, and socioeconomic data; b. site-specific information needed for the environmental review; c. alternative site-selection process and narrowing of the selection of the alternative sites and the proposed site; d. information on the applicant’s monitoring plans, such as 1 year of aquatic ecology surveys in waterways adjacent to the site; e. preapplication interactions with other State and Federal agencies; and f. information on socioeconomics characteristics of the site and surrounding area, cultural/historic resources, hydrology and geohydrology, aquatic and terrestrial threatened and endangered species, meteorology, and other resource areas. For prospective