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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sting a departure that requires NRC approval, consistent with Section VIII of the relevant appendix to 10 CFR Part 52, should identify and discuss the departure in Part 7 of the application and should provide appropriate information in the FSAR to justify the departure as needed. The applicant should discuss the departure in the FSAR section that corresponds to the DCD section in which the topic is presented and should include, in FSAR Chapter 1, a tabular list of departures with reference to applicable FSAR sections. The applicant should provide sufficient information that allows the NRC staff to resolve all safety and security issues in its review of the departure. Departures that do not require NRC approval also appear in Part 7 of the application. The applicant’s determination regarding the need for NRC approval are made in accordance with Section VIII.B.5 of Appendices A through E, to 10 CFR Part 52. Under Section X.A of the relevant appendix to 10 CFR Part 52, the applicant maintains the plant-specific DCD and written evaluations that DG-1325, Page-55 provide the bases for the determinations required by Section VIII of the relevant appendix to 10 CFR Part 52. These evaluations are retained throughout the period of application and for the term of the license (including any period of renewal). During the interval from the date of application for a license to the date the Commission makes its findings required by 10 CFR 52.103(g), COL applicants and licensees should submit a report to the NRC semiannually as required by Section X.B.3.b of the relevant appendix to 10 CFR Part 52. The semiannual report should contain a brief description of any plant-specific departures from the DCD with a summary of the evaluation for each departure, as required under Section X.B.1 of the relevant appendix to 10 CFR Part 52. The applicable DCR appendix to 10 CFR Part 52 requires COL applicants to provide a report to the NRC that contains a brief description of any plant-specific