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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ial Control and Accounting for Strategic Special Nuclear Material,” concerning an SNM MC&A program. Such an exemption allows the same regulations that apply to nuclear reactors licensed under 10 CFR Part 50 in regard to MC&A for SNM to be applied to COLs under 10 CFR Part 52. Prior COL applicants have requested and have been granted this type of exemption. The provisions of 10 CFR 70.22(b) require an applicant to fully describe its program for MC&A of SNM under 10 CFR 74.31; 10 CFR 74.33, “Nuclear Material Control and Accounting for Uranium Enrichment Facilities Authorized To Produce Special Nuclear Material of Low Strategic Significance”; 10 CFR 74.41; and 10 CFR 74.51. The provisions of 10 CFR 70.32(c) require a license authorizing the use of SNM to include and be subject to a condition requiring the applicant to maintain and follow an SNM MC&A program, a measurement control program, and other material control procedures that include corresponding record management requirements. The regulations in 10 CFR 70.22(b), 10 CFR 70.32(c), 10 CFR 74.31, 10 CFR 74.41, and 10 CFR 74.51 contain exceptions for nuclear reactors licensed under 10 CFR Part 50, and the regulations that apply to the MC&A of SNM for nuclear reactors licensed under 10 CFR Part 50 are in Subpart B, “General Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements,” of 10 CFR Part 74, “Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material,” and in 10 CFR 74.11, “Reports of Loss or Theft or Attempted Theft or Unauthorized Production of Special Nuclear Material,” through 10 CFR 74.19, “Recordkeeping,” except for 10 CFR 74.17, “Special Nuclear Material Physical Inventory Summary Report.” However, the regulations contain no exception for nuclear reactors licensed under 10 CFR Part 52. Accordingly, a COL applicant that seeks applicability of the same regulations in regard to MC&A of SNM that apply to nuclear reactors licensed under 10 CFR Part 50 should request an exemption from 10 CFR