Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 3e914c02-41b3-4c0b-9c94-7e4a07215354
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidance on Making Changes to Emergency Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1505/ML15054A370.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.219
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4), and documenting the changes and their analyses under 10 CFR 50.54(q)(5) and (6). The licensee should use this section in conjunction with Regulatory Positions 1, 3, and 4. Appendix A to this guide offers an illustration of the major steps of this review approach. DG-1324, Page 37 5.1 Screening Changes a. The licensee should screen all proposed changes to the emergency plan to determine whether a 10 CFR 50.54(q) evaluation is necessary and to determine whether another formal change process is applicable. The purpose of this screening is not to decide which proposed changes could reduce effectiveness but instead whether a 10 CFR 50.54(q) change evaluation is necessary. The licensee should screen each proposed change separately and reserve the treatment of changes collectively for (1) repetitive identical changes, (2) editorial or typographical changes such as formatting, paragraph numbering, spelling, or punctuation that do not change intent, (3) conforming changes, or (4) two or more elements that are interdependent (e.g., a change to one element compensates for a change to another element). The licensee should document this screening if it concludes that a 10 CFR 50.54(q) evaluation is not necessary. b. Does another change process control the proposed change? If so, put the other change process into place. If the proposed change is subject to one or more change processes in addition to 10 CFR 50.54(q), compliance with all of the applicable change processes is required. For example, a change to the radiation monitoring system described in the FSAR that is subject to a technical specification and that affects an EAL threshold could be subject to 10 CFR 50.59, 10 CFR 50.90. Continue with Regulatory Position 5.1.c. (1) Does the proposed change affect information supplied in the FSAR? If so, the change must be screened for its applicability to 10 CFR 50.59. (2) Does the proposed change require a revision to a technical specification? If so, a license amendment under