Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: c97c665c-1f0f-4a2d-a4db-4e0dbd99eab3
Document Type: srp
Title: CHANNEL DIVERSIONS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070730434.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.4.9
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section. In accordance with 10 CFR 52.79(b)(2), should the design of the facility not fall within the site characteristics and design parameters, the application shall include a request for a variance from the ESP that complies with the requirements of 10 CFR 52.39 and 10 CFR 52.93. In addition, long-term environmental changes and changes to the region resulting from human or natural causes may have introduced changes to the site characteristics that could be relevant to the design basis. In the absence of certain circumstances, such as a compliance or adequate protection issue, 10 CFR 52.39 precludes the staff from imposing new site characteristics, design 2.4.9-10 Revision 3 - March 2007 parameters, or terms and conditions on the early site permit at the COL stage. Consequently, a COL application referencing an ESP need not include a re-investigation of the site characteristics that have previously been accepted in the referenced ESP. However, in accordance with 10 CFR 52.6, “Completeness and Accuracy of Information,” the applicant or licensee is responsible for identifying changes of which it is aware, that would satisfy the criteria specified in 10 CFR 52.39. Information provided by the applicant in accordance with 10 CFR 52.6(b) will be addressed by the staff during the review of a COL application referencing an ESP or a DC. For a COL application referencing either an ESP or DC or both, the staff should review the corresponding sections of the ESP and DC FSER to ensure that any early site permit conditions, restrictions to the DC, or COL action items identified in the FSERs are appropriately handled in the COL application. IV. EVALUATION FINDINGS The review should document the staff’s evaluation of site characteristics against the relevant regulatory criteria. The evaluation should support the staff’s conclusions as to whether the regulations are met. The reviewer should state what was done to evaluate the applicant’s safety analysis report. The