Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c7a40fcc-fc9d-4eb2-ad86-f9f5b0f04c82
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Plant-Specific, Risk-Informed Decisionmaking:  Technical Specifications (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1920/ML19206A489.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.177
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on for amendment of a license, construction permit, or early site permit,” requires that applications for license amendments must fully describe the changes desired. • 10 CFR Part 52, “Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,” governs the issuance of early site permits, standard design certifications, combined licenses, standard design approvals, and manufacturing licenses for nuclear power facilities. Related Guidance • NUREG-0800, “Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition” (SRP) (Ref. 4), provides guidance to the NRC staff in performing safety reviews of construction permit or operating license applications (including requests for amendments) under 10 CFR Part 50, and early site permit, design certification, combined license, standard design approval, or manufacturing license applications under 10 CFR Part 52 (including requests for amendments). o NUREG-0800, Section 16.1, “Risk-informed Decision Making: Technical Specifications,” addresses risk-informed decisionmaking for TS. The guidance pertaining to TS SF and CT changes in Section 16.1 is consistent with the guidance in this RG. o NUREG-0800, Section 19.1, “Determining the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Risk-Informed License Amendment Requests after Initial Fuel Load,” addresses the acceptability of a baseline probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) that a licensee uses to support license amendments for an operating reactor, as well as license amendment requests submitted after initial fuel load for new reactors. o NUREG-0800, Section 19.2, “Review of Risk Information Used to Support Permanent Plant-Specific Changes to the Licensing Basis: General Guidance,” addresses the review of risk information used to support permanent plant-specific changes to the licensing basis. • NUREG-1855, “Guidance on the Treatment of Uncertainties Associated with PRAs in Risk-Informed