Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 7916b088-fb90-4163-84fe-027bd315bcc5
Document Type: srp
Title: REVIEW OF RISK INFORMATION USED TO SUPPORT PERMANENT PLANT-
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0717/ML071700658.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 19
Section ID: 19.2
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quest, that information should meet the guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.174, Section 3. Licensees have a choice of whether to submit results or insights from risk analyses in support of their LB change request. When the licensee’s proposed change is consistent with the currently approved staff positions, reviewers generally should reach their determination solely on the basis of traditional engineering analysis without recourse to risk information. (Reviewers may, however, consider any risk information submitted by the licensee.) When the licensee’s proposed change goes beyond currently approved staff positions or appears to constitute a special circumstance as described in Appendix D, reviewers should consider both information derived through traditional engineering analysis and information derived from risk insights. If the licensee does not submit risk information in support of a LB change which goes beyond currently approved staff positions, reviewers may request that the licensee provide this information. If the licensee chooses not to provide the risk information, reviewers will evaluate the proposed application using traditional engineering analysis and determine whether the licensee has provided sufficient information to support the requested change. If the licensee does not choose to address risk for a situation believed to create a special circumstance as described in Appendix D, reviewers should not issue the requested amendment until they have assessed the risk implications sufficiently to determine that there is reasonable assurance that the public health and safety will be adequately protected if the amendment request is approved. In risk-informed change proposals, licensees are expected to identify SSCs with high risk significance that are not currently subject to regulatory requirements, or are subject to a level of regulation that is not commensurate with their risk significance, or are voluntary actions that are key to decisionmaking. In