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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ss a potential review issue. Public conference calls may include a portion the calls that is closed to the public to allow discussions of proprietary material or other sensitive material withheld from disclosure. During the application review, the staff may initiate nonpublic conference calls, for example, to clarify impending RAI questions before issuance of the RAIs and/or to clarify the intent of issued RAIs. The applicant also may initiate nonpublic conference calls, for example, to ensure a clear understanding of RAI questions before submitting its responses to the RAIs. The technical aspects of the RAIs or possible responses to the RAIs may not be discussed during a nonpublic conference call. The NRC staff will document that the nonpublic conference call only involved clarification of the RAIs. DG-1325, Page-48 Meetings The applicant should be prepared to participate in RAI-related public meetings throughout the application review. For example, the staff may request a public meeting if the staff determines that the information provided in a RAI response has not resolved the identified issue. At the public meeting, the staff and applicant would discuss the information in the RAI response and how the applicant would address supplemental response information. The applicant may volunteer to submit a supplement to the RAI response or may ask the staff to provide a follow-up RAI that describes the specific information that it must submit. The staff may request a public meeting early in the application review to give the applicant an opportunity to develop an understanding of the questions being developed by the staff and to begin work on the responses before the official RAI is issued. Nonpublic meetings may be conducted to discuss proprietary material or other sensitive material withheld from disclosure. The staff will prepare a summary of these meetings that will be made publicly available. Draft Requests for Additional Information The applicant should understand