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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niformity among applicants, support staff review consistency and predictability, and provide a well-defined base for evaluating proposed changes in review scope and requirements. The development of an application for an NRC license, permit, certification, or approval is a major undertaking, in that an applicant must provide sufficient information to support the agency’s safety findings. The information and level of detail needed will vary according to whether an application is for a CP, SDA, DC, OL, COL, or other action. The NRC staff has had success with a standard content-of-application methodology for large LWRs. RG 1.70, issued in the 1970s, and RG 1.206, issued in 2007 and revised in 2018, reflect the NRC’s efforts to standardize the format and content of LWR applications. Guidance documents such as these and numerous others on specific technical areas address the suggested scope and level of detail for those applications.4 17 To standardize the development of advanced reactor application content, the staff has focused on two projects: • advanced reactor content of application project (ARCAP) • technology-inclusive content of application project (TICAP) ARCAP is an NRC-led activity intended to provide guidance for a complete non-LWR application under either 10 CFR Part 50 or 10 CFR Part 52, and eventually the technology-inclusive, performance-based licensing framework for which a rule is now being developed as 10 CFR Part 53. As a result, ARCAP is broad, encompassing several industry-led and NRC-led guidance development efforts that aim to promote consistency in developing applications. As described in the ARCAP Roadmap ISG, a complete non-LWR application should include, among other things, an SAR that includes technical specifications, an emergency plan, and other information such as physical security plans. TICAP is an industry-led guidance activity focused on the scope and depth of information to include in the portions of the SAR that describe the