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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redictable and consistent method for application review. The agency’s design-centered review approach (DCRA) is a strategy based on industry standardization of COLAs referencing a particular reactor design. When such standardization is achieved, the NRC staff intends to conduct one technical review for each reactor design issue and use this one decision to support its decision on the DC application and on multiple COLAs. , “New Reactor Standardization Needed to Support the Design-Centered Licensing Review Approach,” dated May 31, 2006 (Ref. 52), initially addressed the DCRA strategy, which continues to be a subject of the annual RIS information requests. C.2.2 Pre-application Readiness Assessment OVERVIEW The voluntary preapplication readiness assessment is intended to inform and benefit both the prospective applicant and the staff. The NRC staff anticipates conducting an assessment of each prospective applicant’s readiness to tender an application under 10 CFR Part 52 for a COL, standard DC, or ESP approximately 6 months before the planned submittal date. Although a readiness assessment is voluntary, the report entitled, “New Reactor Licensing Process Lessons Learned Report: 10 CFR Part 52,” issued April 2013 (Ref. 53), identified it as one of the means of enhancing the quality of applications, and the NRC staff highly recommends a readiness assessment for each prospective applicant. The readiness assessment allows the NRC staff to (1) identify information gaps between the draft application and the technical content that should be included in the application submitted to the agency, (2) identify major technical or policy issues that may adversely impact the acceptance or technical review of the application, and (3) become familiar with the application, particularly in areas DG-1325, Page-38 involving proposed new concepts or novel design features. The readiness assessment allows the prospective applicant an opportunity to interface directly with the NRC