Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: b143ccef-ed08-482d-bc4b-b4e012328090
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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derived from the analyses and evaluations included in the proposed SAR. They should encompass the generic technical specifications and bases of the certified design, the departures from the DCD of the certified design, and site-specific information included in the proposed SAR. A COL applicant departing from any portion of the generic technical specifications needs an exemption from the generic technical specifications to include the departure in the plant-specific technical specifications or associated bases that are issued with the COL. A COLA not referencing a DC should include proposed plant-specific technical specifications and associated bases as required by 10 CFR 50.36 and 50.36a. The plant-specific technical specifications should be derived from the analyses and evaluations included in the proposed SAR and should conform to the format and be consistent with the content of the most recent version of the STS appropriate to the reactor plant design proposed in the COLA. The AEA requires technical specifications issued with the COL to contain all the information mandated by 10 CFR 50.36 and 10 CFR 50.36a. Technical specifications serve the purpose, under Section 182a of the Act, of allowing the NRC to make its operational safety finding. Section 182a also requires the issued license to include technical specifications. Moreover, Section 185b specifically requires the NRC to make its finding of safe operation when issuing the COL. Therefore, compliance with these statutory provisions requires including a complete set of technical specifications in the COL to support the Commission’s safety findings for granting a COL. Plant-specific technical specifications, issued with a combined license, must be acceptable for governing plant operation within its design basis, and therefore, must be final. Part 4 of the application should include the following: a. technical specifications, b. technical specification bases, and c. additional information intended for NRC