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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C staff early in the application planning process and should continue to initiate and/or support appropriate subsequent meetings. The meetings (depending on the purpose, scope, and subject matter) may or may not include attendance by external stakeholders and the public (i.e., public or nonpublic), and the NRC staff’s participation may or may not include a fee billable to the prospective applicant. Introductory Meetings Typically, the initial meeting is introductory in nature and intended to provide overview information to the NRC staff. Topics include the prospective applicant’s business structure, reactor design features, siting considerations, preliminary application plans/schedules, and potential regulatory issues. For example, the initial meeting may be a planning/scheduling “drop-in” meeting. The prospective applicant’s management requests the opportunity for a “drop in” with NRC staff management to share information on its design and application intentions. The meeting is limited to a general exchange of information that is not directly related to any regulatory action or decision. The meeting is not a public meeting and is not billable to the prospective applicant. The initial meeting may also include information of increased detail with greater certainty regarding the design and application intentions. DG-1325, Page-33 Subsequent Meetings Typically, after the initial introductory-type meetings, the prospective applicant and the NRC staff agree to engage in follow-on preapplication activities intended to result in the submittal of an application. At this time, the staff establishes a project designation for the prospective applicant that initiates the agency’s administrative and business process (e.g., correspondence control or fee-billable account) for subsequent preapplication activities. The NRC staff’s participation in subsequent activities specifically in support of the prospective applicant is billable to the prospective applicant.