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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eferenced by another COLA (e.g., reference or standard information). The staff anticipates that, as described in 10 CFR 52.55(c), some COLAs will reference a design for which a DC application has been docketed but not granted. Such COLAs may use the above guidance to incorporate by reference the generic DCD under review by the NRC and clearly indicate relevant departures, COL action items, and other information that correlates the application to the proposed design. The NRC staff, DC applicant, and COL applicant need to closely coordinate their activities related to the reviews of the proposed design and COLAs. In some cases, it may be appropriate for a COL applicant to submit revisions to major COL documents (e.g., the FSAR) to reflect intermediate revisions to the generic DCD. The COL applicant should submit a letter following each revision to the referenced generic DCD to supplement the COLA and acknowledge the related activities in the design review. In all cases, the COL applicant should submit a revision to its application, including the FSAR and other affected documents, upon the completion of the NRC’s review and certification of the referenced design. The staff additionally anticipates that some COLAs may incorporate a DC by reference that has been renewed. Guidance relevant to incorporating a DC by reference applies and the plant-specific DCD portion of the COL applicant’s FSAR incorporates by reference the generic DCD for the renewed DC. The existence of a renewed DC does not preclude a COL applicant from incorporating the original DC by reference if it has not yet expired.. Similarly, a COLA may reference a design for which an application for renewal has been docketed and is pending while under review, as described in 10 CFR 52.57, “Application for Renewal.” The NRC staff, DC renewal applicant, and COL applicant need to closely coordinate their activities related to the reviews of the proposed design and COLAs. The agency expects some COLAs to