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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application a request to receive, possess, and use source, byproduct, and SNM and provide sufficient information to support compliance with the applicable portions of 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70. The following guidance addresses the recommended approach for a COL applicant to request 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70 materials licenses. The technical information that the applicant should include in its FSAR and other parts of the application to support the Commission’s authorization of materials licenses appear in the SRP, as supplemented by NUREG-1520, and NUREG-1556. In addition, the NRC staff’s SE reports documenting prior reviews of COLAs that requested 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70 materials licenses are publicly available on the agency’s Web site. GUIDANCE Materials Licenses Request Under 10 CFR 52.8, “Combining Licenses; Elimination of Repetition,” the COL applicant should request that 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70 materials licenses be incorporated into the COL in order to receive, possess and use source, byproduct, and SNM. The applicant should identify and describe the request for materials licenses in Part 1, “General and Financial Information,” of the COLA. Further, the COL applicant should provide the information sufficient to meet the applicable requirements of 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70 in Part 2, “.Safety Analysis Report,” and other parts of the COLA. COL applicants should request authority for activities regulated under 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70 according to their needs. Historically, large LWR applicants have needed authority for the following: a. to receive, possess, and use SNM as reactor fuel; b. to receive, possess, and use any byproduct, source, and SNM as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sources for instrument and equipment calibration, sources associated with radioactive apparatus or components, sources for sample analysis, and sources for fission detectors in the required amounts; and c. to possess, but not separate,