Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 5810150e-ee20-4cd1-b72f-6e918a603f73
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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ble NRC regulations and requirements. Following submittal of the application, the NRC staff determines, with support from the applicant, whether design and operational details require the DSRS content to be adjusted. If appropriate, the staff revises the DSRS. Subsequently, the staff maintains the DSRS as an official agency document analogous to the SRP. Use of Design-Specific Review Standards The prospective applicant should use the DSRS in the same manner that the prospective applicant would use the SRP absent the DSRS because, for the specific SMR design, the DSRS serves the same purpose and achieves the same objectives as the SRP. The prospective applicant should prepare its application consistent with the content and criteria identified in the DSRS and, further, may evaluate the completed application against the DSRS. Evaluation against Design-Specific Review Standards Under 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(xii), 10 CFR 52.47(a)(9), and 10 CFR 52.79(a)(41), the applicant for an ESP, DC, or COL, respectively, should include in its application an evaluation of the facility against the SRP revision in effect 6 months before the docketed date of the application. Alternatively, the SMR applicant may evaluate the facility against the DSRS revision in effect 6 months before the docketed date of the application. If a final version of the DSRS is not available, the applicant may refer to the latest public draft version of the document to meet the intent of the regulations. Deviations from Design-Specific Review Standards The prospective applicant, as necessary, may deviate from the DSRS. Both the SRP and the DSRS describe an acceptable means, but not necessarily the only means, of meeting the regulations. Accordingly, the application content may deviate from the acceptance criteria in the SRP or the DSRS. The SRP and DSRS are not substitutes for the NRC regulations and compliance with them is not required. However, applicants are required to identify differences from the SRP or DSRS