Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 9bcad4cd-a055-4dc1-9315-db9d703e6f6f
Document Type: srp
Title: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1634/ML16343A167.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.11
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ed that “the burden [was] on the applicant to provide the necessary and sufficient programmatic information for approval of the COL without ITAAC.” In SRM-SECY-04-0032, “Programmatic Information Needed for Approval of a Combined License Without Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria,” the NRC staff provided recommendations to the Commission regarding the level of programmatic information needed for approval of a COL without ITAAC for operational programs. In an SRM dated May 14, 2004, the Commission stated that “ ‘fully described’ for an operational program should be understood to mean that the program is clearly and sufficiently described in terms for scope and level of detail to allow a reasonable assurance finding of acceptability.” The Commission noted that “required [operational] programs should always be described at a functional level and an increasing level of detail where implementation choices could materially and negatively affect the program effectiveness and acceptability.” The Commission also stated that the staff should continue the practice of inspecting relevant licensee procedures and programs in a similar manner as was done in the past and consistent with applicable inspection programs. The staff should also continue to ensure, consistent with the inspection and enforcement processes, that licensees address pertinent issues prior to fuel loading. The NRC staff discussed the Commission’s position on operational programs for COL applications in SECY-05-0197, “Review of Operational Programs in a Combined License Application and General Emergency Planning Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria [ITAAC].” In SECY-05-0197, the NRC staff defines operational programs for new 3.11 -4 Draft Revision 4 – December 2017 nuclear power plants as programs that are required by regulation, are reviewed by NRC staff for acceptability with the results documented in the safety evaluation report, and will be