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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ed Review Approach Constraints on applicants, the NRC staff, and public resources were an important impetus for RIS 2006-06 based on an unprecedented increase in projections of near-term COLAs related to the DG-1325, Page-63 Energy Policy Act of 2005 and DOE’s Nuclear Power 2010 Program. Before issuing RIS 2006-06, the NRC presented the proposed DCRA at a public meeting with NEI in February 2006 (Ref. 77). RIS 2006-06 also indicated that the NRC planned to make annual requests for voluntary information to support future resource scheduling for information on potential future COLAs, associated information on DCWG participation, and any R-COL application that might be referenced. These requests for voluntary information have been made (e.g., RIS 2016-08, “Publicly Available Cover Letters for Security-Related Inspection Report,” dated June 12, 2006 (Ref. 78), and responses have been critical to resource planning for reviews. The NuStart Energy Development, LLC (NuStart), consortium was formed in 2004 by six member companies focused on the AP1000 reactor and ESBWR. NuStart developed a cooperative agreement with DOE under its Nuclear Power 2010 Program. DOE also developed cooperative agreements with the two reactor vendors. The Nuclear Power 2010 Program represented a market-driven, industry-cost-shared approach that brought vendors and utilities into close cooperation during the DC finalization phase and COLA development phase. NuStart identified the Tennessee Valley Authority’s BNP site and Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station site for initial COLAs for the AP1000 and ESBWR, respectively, through a letter dated November 17, 2005 (Ref. 79). NuStart played a key role in the NRC’s development of the DCRA and formation of the AP1000 and ESBWR DCWGs. NuStart was later disbanded in 2012 upon the issuance of the first two COLs that referenced the AP1000 DC. The DCRA evolved through DCWG meetings and public meetings in which the details of how S-COL applicants