Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: b3da4d67-03d8-4f52-b04b-8e76d142c857
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidance for a Technology-Inclusive, Risk-Informed, and Performance-Based Methodology to Inform the Licensing Basis and Content of Applications for Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Non-Light Water Reactors + HISTORY - HISTORY 05/2019 – Issued DG-1353 , Proposed Revision 0
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1831/ML18312A242.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.233
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nd, as needed, identify exceptions to and exemptions needed from NRC regulations. 2 Given the long evolution of preparing and issuing guidance for the licensing of non-LWR designs (e.g., proposals and Commission decisions related to SECY-93-092 and SECY-03-0047), the NRC staff plans to provide a paper to the Commission requesting its review and approval of the overall approach described in NEI 18-04 and this draft RG. The staff prepared a draft of the Commission paper to support interactions with the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, which is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML18270A334. The Commission’s directions resulting from the paper will be reflected in the final RG. DG-1353, Page 6 on the Regulation of Advanced Reactors, advanced designs are expected to provide enhanced margins of safety and/or use simplified, inherent, passive, or other innovative means to accomplish their safety and security functions. Regulatory Framework The NRC’s mission is to license and regulate the Nation’s civilian use of radioactive materials to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety and to promote the common defense and security and to protect the environment. The NRC conducts its reactor licensing activities through a combination of regulatory requirements and guidance. The applicable regulatory requirements are found in 10 CFR Parts 1 through 199. Regulatory guidance is additional detailed information on specific acceptable means to meet the requirements in regulations. Guidance is provided in several forms, such as in RGs, interim staff guidance, standard review plans, NUREGs, review standards, and Commission policy statements. Much of the NRC guidance has been developed to facilitate the preparation and subsequent NRC review of applications for licenses, certifications, and approvals. However, the majority of the available reactor-related guidance documents address LWRs, with limited applicability to non-LWR