Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 15b07a3e-3a95-46db-9b8c-a862a8e4b7bc
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: "Guidance for ITAAC Closure Under 10 CFR Part 52." (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1425/ML14258B182.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.215
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ations and partial ITAAC closure notifications. Background The regulation 10 CFR 52.99 includes requirements for documenting and reporting that the inspections, tests, and analyses have been performed and that the acceptance criteria for each ITAAC contained in a COL are met. It also sets forth requirements for notifying the NRC of uncompleted ITAAC, and of potential changes in the completion status of ITAAC previously reported to the NRC as being met. This RG provides guidance on licensee notifications to the NRC for completed and uncompleted ITAAC, post-closure notifications on ITAAC maintenance activities, and notifications declaring that the licensee has completed all ITAAC contained in the COL. The NRC uses these notifications to determine whether the licensee has successfully completed ITAAC, to verify that acceptance criteria are met, to facilitate public participation in the ITAAC hearing process, and to plan inspections. This RG, through its approval for use of an industry guidance document, describes methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable for licensees to use for documenting, reporting, and maintaining the satisfactory completion of the ITAAC in the COL as required by10 CFR 52.99. Requirements for ITAAC Submittal and Closure The regulation 10 CFR 52.99 requires the licensee to submit several types of ITAAC notifications to the NRC. The licensee must submit the first type of ITAAC notification (ITAAC closure notification) in accordance with 10 CFR 52.99(c)(1). The ITAAC closure notification must inform the NRC of the basis for the licensee’s determination that it has successfully completed an ITAAC. ITAAC closure notifications must be submitted for all ITAAC, with the exception of those ITAAC resolved at COL issuance under 10 CFR 52.97(a)(2). The second type of ITAAC notification, an ITAAC post-closure notification (also referred to as a supplemental ITAAC closure notification) is governed by 10 CFR 52.99(c)(2) and would apply to ITAAC for which