Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 78bd84c9-46c3-4180-955d-7ea075097d26
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Standard Format and Content for Applications To Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1921/ML19213A345.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.188
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criteria used by the NRC staff for reviewing environmental reports (ERs) submitted with nuclear power plant applications for license renewal or subsequent license renewal. • NUREG-1800, “Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants,” Revision 2, issued December 2010 (Ref. 11), provides the criteria used by the NRC staff for reviewing LRAs for nuclear power plants. DG-1341, Page 3 • NUREG-1801, “Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report,” Revision 2, issued December 2010 (Ref. 12), provides guidance on the content of applications for the initial renewal of an operating license. • NUREG-2191, Volumes 1 and 2, “Generic Aging Lessons Learned for Subsequent License Renewal (GALL-SLR) Report,” issued July 2017 (Ref. 13), provides guidance on the content of applications for subsequent renewal of renewed operating licenses. • NUREG-2192, “Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants—Final Report,” issued July 2017 (Ref. 14), provides guidance to the NRC staff for the review of subsequent license renewal applications, for operation for 60 to 80 years. • RG 4.2, Supplement 1, “Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Applications” (Ref. 15), provides additional guidance on the format and content of an ER submitted for license renewal or subsequent license renewal. Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues RGs to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated events, and to provide guidance to applicants. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations and compliance with them is not required. Methods and solutions that differ from those set forth in RGs will be deemed acceptable if they provide a basis for the findings