Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 9c99a4b7-8619-41f0-b716-262bfdb03941
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Developing Principal Design Criteria for Non-Light Water Reactors + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2017 – DG-1330 , Proposed Revision 0
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1630/ML16301A307.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.232
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ed June 5, 2015, and “Response to NRC Staff Questions on the U.S. Department of Energy Report, ‘Guidance for Developing Principal Design Criteria for Advanced Non-Light Water Reactors,’” dated July 15, 2015 (Ref. 19 for both), and • “Questions on the U.S. Department of Energy Report, ‘Guidance for Developing Principal Design Criteria for Advanced Non-Light Water Reactors,’” dated August 17, 2015, and “Response to NRC Staff Questions on the U.S. Department of Energy Report, ‘Guidance for Developing Principal Design Criteria for Advanced Non-Light Water Reactors,’” dated September 15, 2015 (Ref. 20 for both). After consideration of the DOE report, DOE responses to NRC staff questions, and other applicable information relevant to the NRC regulatory philosophy and current understanding of non-LWR designs, the NRC developed its own version of the ARDC, SFR-DC, and mHTGR-DC. While reviewing the DOE report, NRC staff considered whether to develop one generic set of non-LWR design criteria or to follow the DOE model and develop the technology specific design criteria as well. After considering the diversity of the design features for the two mature technologies, the NRC staff chose to develop the SFR-DC and mHTGR-DC in addition to the ARDC. DG-1330, Page 9 The NRC issued a draft version of design criteria for informal public comment titled “Invitation and Instructions for Public Comment,” on April 7, 2016 (Ref. 21). The NRC staff noted in the introductory material of this invitation that comments received would not be responded to individually but would be considered by the NRC staff when developing the draft RG. By June 8, 2016 the NRC received over 350 public comments from over 20 stakeholder organizations (Ref. 22). The NRC held a public meeting to discuss the public comments on October 11, 2016 (Ref. 23). The tables in Appendices A, B, and C of this RG represent the staff’s second draft version of the design criteria that incorporates