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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lternative sites and the opportunity to review nearly completed sections of the ER. The tours and meetings may begin as early as 2 years before submission of the application. Other Federal, State, and local government agencies that have a regulatory or enforcement interest in the project may attend some or all of these tours and meetings. The prospective applicant would benefit from maintaining open communications with all Government entities that may have an interest and/or regulatory responsibility associated with the project. NRC Information Requests—Regulatory Issue Summaries To support the agency’s process for planning, budgeting, and resource allocations, the NRC requests that prospective applicants provide application-related planning and scheduling information commencing approximately 3 years before the intended application submittal date. As a Federal agency, the NRC must prepare its budget, which includes plans for application reviews and associated resource estimates, several years in advance. To support this effort, the NRC seeks planning information on, for example, the intended use of topical reports to resolve regulatory issues, the schedules for application submittals, and preliminary technical designs. The NRC issues updated information requests annually in the form of an RIS (e.g., RIS 2014-13, “Planned Licensing Action Submittals for All Power Reactor Licensees,” dated December 17, 2014 (Ref. 51). Prospective applicants should respond to these information requests. In addition to application plan/schedule information, the NRC is especially interested in the extent of standardization related to the application. The NRC promotes the standardization of applications to enhance the safety and reliability of nuclear power plants and facilitate a predictable and consistent method for application review. The agency’s design-centered review approach (DCRA) is a strategy based on industry standardization of COLAs referencing a particular reactor