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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endor would use established change control processes to manage the majority of changes identified after the licensing-basis freeze point. For potential changes to a DC, ESP, or COL that are identified following the licensing-basis information freeze point, the applicant will need to ensure that it has met the reporting requirements for those specific changes for which submittals are deferred until after the issuance of the DCR or license. The NRC staff and DC and COL applicants will need to closely coordinate their activities related to the reviews of each proposed design and COLA, including COLAs that reference a design DG-1325, Page-103 that is still under review. Discussion of creating or changing a freeze point will facilitate this coordination and is strongly recommended. Although a formal notification referencing a freeze point is not required, the applicant should be clear on the design version that should be reviewed. The requirements in 10 CFR 50.30(a)(1) state that amendments to applications are submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 52.3 or 10 CFR 50.4, “Written Communications.” Communicating clearly about the design version to be reviewed is also critical to the identification of appropriate review activities by the NRC staff to be covered by licensing fees stipulated under 10 CFR 52.45, “Filing of Applications,” for DCs and 10 CFR 52.75, “Filing of Applications,” for COLs. Finalizing Licensing-Basis Information for Combined License Applications For COL applicants, proposed changes to licensing-basis information provided in the FSAR or other documents that are identified following the freeze point would usually be controlled by the applicant and not submitted to the NRC for review in connection with the COLA (other than those of a type described in the general guidance section of this regulatory topic). Instead, the COL applicant would control the potential changes and, if the COL is granted, would treat the change under the appropriate control