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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h requirements unless the standards of 10 CFR 2.335, “Consideration of Commission Rules and Regulations in Adjudicatory Proceedings,” are met. DG-1325, Page-98 For those elements of an operational program that are outside the DC scope and were not completely reviewed and approved in the generic DCD, the Commission will need additional information to support the findings necessary for COL issuance. In particular, COL applicants should address COL action items related to operational programs and provide plant-specific values for the generic technical specifications. Sections C.2.11 and C.1.4 provide guidance on COL action items and technical specifications, respectively. C.2.15 Environmental Issue Finality for Combined License Applicants OVERVIEW The provisions of 10 CFR Part 52 state that a COLA may reference an ESP or DC, or both. A referenced ESP has regulatory finality concerning the site as provided by 10 CFR 52.39, and a referenced DC has regulatory finality associated with the design as provided by 10 CFR 52.63. The regulations in 10 CFR 51.50 require the COLA to include an ER entitled, “Applicant’s Environmental Report— Combined License Stage,” and state that the ER may incorporate by reference the EIS previously prepared by the NRC for the referenced ESP and/or may incorporate by reference the EA previously prepared by the NRC for the referenced DC. The guidance herein addresses the finality of environmental issues for a COLA referencing an ESP or DC, or both, and the processes that the COL applicant should follow for identifying and evaluating environmental information and preparing the ER. GUIDANCE Finality of Environmental Issues Associated with an Early Site Permit The NRC staff’s review of an ESP application results, in part, in the staff’s preparation of an EIS to (1) inform the Commission’s decision, (2) determine whether an obviously superior alternative site exists, and (3) disclose, to the extent addressed by the applicant, the