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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not granted. This RG does not include guidance specific to the “concurrent review” approach allowed by 10 CFR 52.26(c) and 10 CFR 52.55(c) because of the numerous “what if” scenarios involving regulatory issues and schedule interactions associated with concurrent application reviews. In general, the NRC staff recommends that the COL applicant that elects to reference an application for a DC or ESP, or both, that is undergoing staff review should ensure timely synchronization of information contained in the COLA with that in the DC/ESP application. C.2.7 Design Center Review Approach OVERVIEW The NRC encourages the standardization of applications to enhance the safety of nuclear power plants and to facilitate a predictable and consistent method for application review. The Commission’s 1987 Nuclear Power Plant Standardization Policy Statement (52 FR 34884; September 15, 1987) (Ref. 64) laid the foundation for the later rulemaking related to ESPs, DCs, and COLs under 10 CFR Part 52. In 2006, the agency formalized the DCRA strategy in RIS 2006-06 (Ref. 65). The Commission endorsed the DCRA strategy in SRM-SECY-06-0187, “Semiannual Update of the Status of New Reactor Licensing Activities and Future Planning for New Reactors,” dated November 16, 2006 (Ref. 66). The DCRA subsequently continued to evolve through greater process definition and in response to changing projections of S-COL applications. Under the DCRA, staff performs one technical review for each issue outside the scope of the DC and intends to make one consistent and justifiable decision to support COLA reviews. This approach is applicable to COLAs that reference a DC as discussed in Section C.2.6. RIS 2006-06 requested that for a given referenced DC, either under review or after certification, an industry-led design center working group (DCWG) would voluntarily form and designate a lead COLA to serve as the R-COL application and use annotation of the FSAR, Part 2 of the COLA, and other portions