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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ntification of regulatory requirements and to provide all interested parties, including the public, with a timely, independent assessment of the safety and security characteristics of the designs. The Commission foresees that such interaction early in the design process will contribute to stability and predictability in the licensing and regulation of new reactors. The policy further states that “[i]n the absence of a significant history of operating experience on an advanced concept reactor, plans for the innovative use of proven technology and/or new technology development programs should be presented to the NRC for review as early as possible, so that the NRC can assess how the proposed program might influence regulatory requirements.” NRC Staff Position Consistent with agency policy, the NRC staff encourages early and continuing communications and interactions with prospective applicants in varying type, scope, formality, and frequency as a prospective applicant progresses toward tendering an application. Preapplication activities support NRC readiness to conduct licensing reviews in a predictable timeframe, and major policy, technical, and licensing issues should be identified and progress should be made in understanding how such issues can be resolved before the NRC receives the application. The NRC staff supports differing approaches for preapplication activities, and the staff has no expectations for standardization of interactions with prospective applicants Public and Nonpublic Meetings To facilitate regulatory transparency and to ensure coordination between the NRC and its stakeholders, agency policy is to maximize the use of public meetings to address generic approaches for resolving the policy, licensing, and key technical issues for new reactor technologies. In addition, consistent with the agency’s mission, the NRC staff is precluded from performing, or being perceived as performing, the role of advisor or consultant to any prospective applicant