Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f269e894-c94c-4ccb-b41c-6e39aa74f371
Document Type: srp
Title: HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0706/ML070670253.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 18
Section ID: 18.0
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nt of information submitted on the docket must be sufficient to support the staff's safety determination. That is, the final safety analysis report includes information at a level sufficient to enable the Commission to reach a final conclusion on all safety matters that must be resolved by the Commission before a COL is issued. For a DC application there is some variability in the number and type of reviews conducted depending on the completion status of the HFE. A key determining factor for the review is the applicant's desired approval status for each of the 12 HFE elements in Section II.A previously cited. The elements could be approved at a programmatic level, at an implementation plan level, or at a completed element level. It is also possible that some elements may be partially, but not completely approved. The approval status for each element should be determined early in the review process since it affects the amount and type of material to be submitted by the applicant and reviewed by the NRC. Elements approved at the programmatic level typically would only require summary information in the DCD or Tier 2 information (information in the DCD that is approved but not certified). Elements approved at the implementation plan level would require summary information in the DCD and a more detailed implementation plan to be submitted on the docket. These implementation plans typically would become Tier 2* 18.0-27 Revision 2 - March 2007 information (information in the DCD that is subject to NRC approval before it can be changed by an applicant or licensee). Completed elements would require summary information in the DCD and would also need a results summary report. In some cases the plans and results summary reports may be referenced (see RG 1.206 for the element by element discussion). SRP Section 14.3.9 contains a discussion of the DCD Tier 1 information (the portion of the DCD that is approved and certified). The HFE reviewer may also need to review and close