Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 5810150e-ee20-4cd1-b72f-6e918a603f73
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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to support facility construction and operation. In addition, when the license for a nuclear power plant is issued under 10 CFR 52, a general license for an independent spent fuel storage installation is issued in accordance with Subpart K of 10 CFR 72. A brochure prepared by the NRC staff, NUREG/BR-0298, “Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process,” gives a high level overview of application processes under 10 CFR 50 and10 CFR 52 with a focus on opportunities for public engagement in the review processes. Regardless of what portions of a COLA are incorporated by reference rather than included directly in the application, Subpart C of 10 CFR Part 52 requires comprehensive and detailed information sufficient to meet all requirements before a COL can be issued.. For example, 10 CFR 52.79, “Contents of Applications; Technical Information in Final Safety Analysis Report,” addresses the contents of a COL applicant’s FSAR, and the FSAR should meet all requirements either through information that is incorporated by reference or through information included directly in the FSAR. Similarly, requirements related to the environmental report in 10 CFR 51.50, “Environmental Report—Construction Permit, ESP, or Combined License Stage,” is satisfied through material incorporated by reference or information included directly in the environmental report. The COLA that references an ESP or DC, or both, contains only the supplemental information necessary to address issues that were not resolved as a part of the ESP or DC, or both, that is incorporated by reference. A COL applicant referencing a DC would have a significant portion of the proposed facility design and design characteristics already reviewed by the NRC before submitting the COLA. Correspondingly, a COL applicant referencing an ESP would have a significant portion, if not all, of the site characteristics already reviewed by the NRC before submitting the COLA. With some limited exceptions, the NRC does not intend