Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f03d2c71-27a1-41fd-9362-1e62c6142e13
Document Type: srp
Title: Containment Systems and Severe Accidents (Tier 1)
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070653.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 14
Section ID: 14.3.11
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rd design) DCD in accordance with the guidance in SRP Section 14.3. Based on this review and a review of the selection methodology and criteria for the development of the Tier 1 information in Section 14.3 of the DCD, the staff concludes that the top-level design features and performance characteristics of the SSCs are appropriately described in Tier 1 and the Tier 1 information is acceptable. Further, the Tier 1 design descriptions can be adequately verified by ITAAC. Therefore, the staff concludes that the ITAAC are necessary and sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that, if the inspections, tests, and analyses are performed and the acceptance criteria met, then a facility referencing the certified design can be constructed and operated in conformity with the design certification and the applicable regulations. V. IMPLEMENTATION The following is intended to provide guidance to applicants and licensees regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this SRP section. DRAFT Rev. 0 - April 1996 14.3-6 This SRP section will be used by the staff when performing safety evaluations of design certification and combined license applications submitted by applicants pursuant to 10 CFR 52. Except in those cases in which the applicant proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the method described herein will be used by the staff in its evaluation of conformance with Commission regulations. The provisions of this SRP section apply to reviews of applications docketed six months or more after the date of issuance of this SRP section. VI. REFERENCES 1. 10 CFR Part 52, §52.47 "Contents of Applications." 2. 10 CFR Part 52, §52.97 "Issuance of Combined Licenses." 3. SECY-90-016, "Evolutionary Light Water Reactor Certification Issues and Their Relationship to Current Regulatory Requirements," dated January 12, 1990. The Commission's guidance on this SECY was provided in an SRM dated June 26, 1990. 4. SECY-90-377,