Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 9c99a4b7-8619-41f0-b716-262bfdb03941
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Developing Principal Design Criteria for Non-Light Water Reactors + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2017 – DG-1330 , Proposed Revision 0
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1630/ML16301A307.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.232
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he Advanced Reactor (PRISM, mHTGR, and PIUS) and CANDU 3 Designs and their Relationship to Current Regulatory Requirements,” issued July 1993, provides the Commission position on topics discussed in SECY-93-092 (Ref. 8). DG-1330, Page 3 • SECY-03-0047, “Policy Issues Related to Licensing Non-Light-Water Reactor Designs,” dated March 28, 2003, provides, for Commission consideration, options and recommended positions for resolving the seven policy issues associated with the design and licensing of future non-LWR designs (Ref. 9). • SRM-SECY-03-0047, “Policy Issues Related to Licensing Non-Light-Water Reactor Designs,” issued June 26, 2003, provides the Commission position on the topics discussed in SECY-03-0047 (Ref. 10). • NRC, “Next Generation Nuclear Plant - Assessment of Key Licensing Issues,” dated July 17, 2014, provides the NRC staff’s review and insights on the Next Generation Nuclear Plant mHTGR design (Ref. 11). • NRC, “Policy Statement on the Regulation of Advanced Reactors” (73 FR 60612, October 14, 2008), establishes the Commission’s expectations related to advanced reactor designs to protect the environment and public health and safety and promote the common defense and security with respect to advanced reactors (Ref. 12). Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues RGs to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated events, and to provide guidance to applicants. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations and compliance with them is not required. Methods and solutions that differ from those set forth in RGs will be deemed acceptable if they provide a basis for the findings required for the issuance or continuance of a permit or license by the Commission. Paperwork Reduction Act This RG contains information collection requirements that