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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terim Staff Guidance on the Definition of Construction and on Limited Work Authorizations” The text in this supplement is an excerpt from COL/ESP-ISG-04, “Definition of Construction and on Limited Work Authorizations.” Discussion: As stated in 10 CFR 50.10(c), no person may begin the construction of a production or DG-1325, Page-113 utilization facility on a site on which the facility is to be operated until that person has been issued either a COL, an ESP authorizing the activities under 10 CFR 50.10(d), or an LWA. As defined in 10 CFR 50.10(a), “construction” means the activities in paragraph (1) below and does not mean the activities in paragraph (2) below. (1) Activities constituting construction are the driving of piles, subsurface preparation, placement of backfill, concrete, or permanent retaining walls within an excavation, installation of foundations, or in-place assembly, erection, fabrication, or testing, which are for: (i) Safety-related structures, systems, or components (SSCs) of a facility, as defined in 10 CFR 50.2; (ii) SSCs relied upon to mitigate accidents or transients or used in plant emergency operating procedures; (iii) SSCs whose failure could prevent safety-related SSCs from fulfilling their safety-related function; (iv) SSCs whose failure could cause a reactor scram or actuation of a safety-related system; (v) SSCs necessary to comply with 10 CFR Part 73; (vi) SSCs necessary to comply with 10 CFR 50.48 and Criterion 3 of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A; and (vii) Onsite emergency facilities, that is, technical support and operations support centers, necessary to comply with 10 CFR 50.47 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E. (2) Construction does not include: (i) Changes for temporary use of the land for public recreational purposes; (ii) Site exploration, including necessary borings to determine foundation conditions or other preconstruction monitoring to establish background information related to the suitability of the site, the