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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the general guidance section of this regulatory topic). Instead, the COL applicant would control the potential changes and, if the COL is granted, would treat the change under the appropriate control process and submit an LAR if such a submittal is required by NRC regulations. If no amendment is necessary, the applicant would submit updates to the FSAR or other documents in accordance with established reporting requirements. Changes to the licensing basis which should not be deferred because of their role in supporting staff’s findings that are necessary in an FSER for a COL or DC application are submitted to the NRC for review during the licensing process. Each COL applicant should ensure that it synchronizes the information in the COLA with the information in a DC if referenced, and ESP applications as they are revised and supplemented during the review process. A COL applicant that indicates an intent to reference a DC that is still under review and not yet certified or approved bears the schedule risk associated with the DC review in addition to those schedule risks that are relevant to a COLA. Such a COL applicant should submit a revision to its application, including the FSAR and other affected documents, upon the completion of the NRC’s review of the referenced DC application. Finalizing Licensing-Basis Information for Design Certifications For DC applicants, proposed changes (other than those of a type described in the general guidance section of this regulatory topic) that are identified following the freeze point will not be included in the documents supporting the certification and, therefore, will not be part of the approved or certified design. Once the DCR is finalized, assuming that there are no subsequent DC amendments, changes that affect the DC FSAR that are identified after the freeze point would not be implemented unless they are proposed as departures from the certified design. The DC applicant would identify such potential departures to