Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 559a23f1-8bbf-427c-898a-b389648c996a
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidance for Changes During Construction for New Nuclear Power Plants Being Constructed Under a Combined License Referencing a Certified Design Under 10 CFR Part 52 + HISTORY - HISTORY 04/2020 – DG-1321 , Proposed Revision 0
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1934/ML19340B290.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.237
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ring construction of a 10 CFR Part 52 facility, refers to when the licensee submits a notification under 10 CFR 52.99(c)(1) or 10 CFR 52.99(c)(2) that applies to the affected SSC. 5. When construction begins, the licensee is encouraged to inform the NRC of the planned request for a license amendment (or the current status of their evaluation). The NRC encourages discussions between the licensee and NRC staff members about future licensing action requests before submission to allow sufficient exchange of information on technical information, schedules, and resource planning. A licensee may voluntarily adopt the process described in Items 1 and 2 above. To voluntarily adopt this process, a licensee should propose a license condition that implements the conditions in Items 1 and 2 above and exemptions from the applicable provisions of sections II.E and III.B of the Part 52 design certification appendix referenced in the COL. DG-1321, Page 10 D. IMPLEMENTATION The NRC staff may use this RG as a reference in its regulatory processes, such as licensing, inspection, or enforcement. However, the NRC staff does not intend to use the guidance in this regulatory guide to support NRC staff actions in a manner that would constitute backfitting as that term is defined in 10 CFR 50.109, “Backfitting,” and as described in NRC Management Directive 8.4, “Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests” (Ref. 15), nor does the NRC staff intend to use the guidance to affect the issue finality of an approval under 10 CFR Part 52. The staff also does not intend to use the guidance to support NRC staff actions in a manner that constitutes forward fitting as that term is defined and described in Management Directive 8.4. If a licensee believes that the NRC is using this RG in a manner inconsistent with the discussion in this Implementation section, then the licensee may file a backfitting or forward fitting appeal with the NRC in accordance with