Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: b143ccef-ed08-482d-bc4b-b4e012328090
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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th the NRC management, regulatory, and technical staff throughout the DSRS development. The sections below summarize the process and activities necessary for a prospective applicant to engage with the NRC staff to facilitate successful DSRS development. Standard Review Plan Introduction - Part 2 To prepare for interactions with the NRC staff, the prospective applicant should be familiar with SRP Introduction, Part 2. The prospective applicant’s management should have general familiarity to support planning, scheduling, and resource allocation, and the regulatory and technical staff should have a comprehensive understanding the light-water SMR design to support engagement with the NRC staff and to facilitate the development of the DSRS. Although SRP Introduction, Part 2 was prepared to provide detailed guidance to the staff for implementation of the SMR review framework, it contains a comprehensive and detailed description of the regulatory and technical considerations to develop a DSRS. Design-Specific Review Standard Development The prospective applicant should initiate the DSRS development process by formally notifying the NRC staff of its intent to engage the staff in the development of a DSRS for its SMR design. Following notification, the NRC staff makes the determination that (1) the prospective applicant has sufficient commercial intent, organizational capacity, and design maturity to support meaningful interactions with the NRC staff on regulatory requirements and (2) there is a reasonable expectation that the prospective applicant will submit an application. The staff then initiates interactions with the prospective applicant to develop the DSRS. The prospective applicant should engage the NRC staff in a manner to support parallel development of both the DSRS and the SMR design. Typically, the design evolves from a concept through preliminary stages to a final design. Correspondingly, the DSRS development is iterative and evolves from a partial to