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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ance issues. The applicant should initiate communications with the staff as necessary to ensure a mutual understanding of potential issues and the appropriate path to resolution. When requested by the staff, the applicant should provide timely and substantive information to support the review and the docketing decision. Results and Docketing Decision As discussed in NRO-REG-100, the docketing decision has three possible outcomes: (1) the application is acceptable for docketing, (2) the application is not acceptable for docketing, or (3) the application is acceptable for docketing contingent on specific supplemental information. Following the guidance in NRO-REG-100, the NRC staff compiles the acceptance review results in a manner to clearly identify the significant deficiencies that the staff needs to consider in the decision to docket the application. For areas in which significant deficiencies are identified, the staff DG-1325, Page-45 communicates the findings with the applicant for specific technical areas and describes the nature of the deficiencies. The applicant is responsible for having a clear understanding of the deficiencies in the application identified by the staff and the capability to address these deficiencies within an acceptable timeframe. If the application is acceptable for docketing, the NRC staff issues a letter of acceptance to the applicant followed by the staff’s schedule for conducting the detailed technical review of the application. The applicant should support the staff’s detailed technical review consistent with the agreed upon schedule. If the application is acceptable for docketing contingent on specific supplemental information or is not accepted for docketing, the staff notifies the applicant and identifies the deficiencies and the applicant’s options concerning the application. If the application is accepted with contingencies, the applicant should address the contingencies and submit supplemental information necessary to