Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: acab976c-e936-49be-8c59-865767973599
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidance for a Technology-Inclusive Content of Application Methodology to Inform the Licensing Basis and Content of Applications for Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Non-Light-Water Reactors (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2319/ML23194A194.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-09
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Section ID: RG-1.253
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ion: In Chapter 1 of the SAR, in addition to the information identified in NEI 21-07, Revision 1, Section C.1, applicants should include summary tables with the following information, which appears in full elsewhere in the SAR: (1) The generic safety issues, unresolved safety issues, and Three Mile Island action items technically applicable to the design, and their proposed resolution (for generic safety issues, see NUREG-0933, Resolution of Generic Safety Issues (Ref. 21). The guidance on applicability of regulations in Appendix B to the ARCAP Roadmap ISG may provide useful insights in this area. (2) RGs directly applicable to the design, and whether the applicant proposes an alternative approach to satisfy a regulation rather than following the guidance in one of these RGs. If so, these should be discussed in the relevant portions of the SAR, including the technical justification for the alternate approach. (3) The consensus codes and standards (from ASME, the American Nuclear Society (ANS), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, etc.) used in the design, and whether the applicant proposes to request an exemption from or alternative to the IEEE standard that is incorporated by reference into 10 CFR 50.55a. Regarding ASME, ANS, ACI, or other codes and standards used in the design, the applicant should also include a discussion of any deviations from these codes and standards and, as applicable, deviations from RGs in which the NRC staff endorsed the use of these codes and standards. In addition, codes and standards should also be discussed in the relevant portions of the SAR. The guidance for providing these summary tables is consistent with previous NRC guidance for new reactors in RG 1.206, as well as the practice employed in FSARs for many operating plants. The staff finds these tables to be useful references for applicants preparing applications for NRC staff reviews, for licensees changing the licensing