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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nterchangeably. However, the NRC staff has typically used the term “COL action item” in regulations and SE reports, and DC applicants have typically included the term “COL information item” in application DCDs. This RG uses the term “COL action item” throughout the document. Although the COLA addresses all COL action items in the referenced DC or ESP, or both, the NRC staff recognizes that it may not be feasible for all COL action items to be completed before 7 As defined in Section II.E.3 of each DCR, COL action items (COL license information) identify certain matters that are addressed in the site-specific portion of the FSAR by an applicant that references this appendix. These items constitute information requirements but are not the only acceptable set of information in the FSAR. An applicant may depart from or omit these items as long as the FSAR identifies and justifies the departure or omission. After issuance of a construction permit or COL, these items are not requirements for the licensee unless it restates such items in the FSAR. DG-1325, Page-80 issuance of the COL. However, a COL application contains all information in the COLA that is necessary for the NRC staff to make the findings required to issue the license, and the information necessary for the NRC staff to issue the license cannot be deferred .until after COL issuance This may necessitate, for example, partially closing COL action items and identifying the remaining portions of the items associated with information that is not necessary to issue the license as “postlicense commitments.” COL applicants referencing a certified plant design must propose plant-specific technical specifications containing all site-specific information that is necessary to ensure plant operation within its design basis. The COL applicant must confirm all preliminary information and provide all missing information that is denoted in the generic technical specifications by bracketed values, reviewer’s