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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ions The license for a nuclear facility contains terms and conditions for operation. For example, 10 CFR 50.54 identifies the standard conditions that, with some exceptions, apply to every COL issued. In addition to those standard conditions, the COL applicant may propose additional license conditions to address the completion of postlicense information commitments or COL action items that it cannot complete until after issuance of the license. For example, a license condition may be necessary to govern those tests that can be performed only after fuel is loaded into the reactor,, such as power ascension testing. However, a license condition is not necessary for those matters already covered by the license, including technical specifications or regulations. COL applicants should consider the following discussion when proposing license conditions in the application: a. License conditions remain in effect for the applicant until it has satisfactorily completed them and until their removal is approved through the license amendment process in accordance with 10 CFR 52.98(f). Note that no regulation exists that requires an applicant to remove a condition from its license following satisfactory completion of the condition. b. License conditions are enforceable in the same manner in which a regulation or order is enforceable. The terms of the FSAR are not similarly enforceable, but changes to the FSAR are made in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.71(e), which itself is an enforceable DG-1325, Page-83 regulation. c. The license may include some conditions that require the submission of information to verify compliance to notify the NRC of the schedule of availability of information for inspection, or to provide an implementation schedule of programs or activities to be inspected. The NRC staff does not perform a safety review on submitted materials, but may review issues through the NRC’s inspection program. d. License conditions may be used to include