Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: db0c5d18-2d27-4720-8935-40b402e52f9a
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidance for a Technology-Inclusive, Risk-Informed, and Performance-Based Methodology to Inform the Licensing Basis and Content of Applications for Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Non-Light Water Reactors + HISTORY - HISTORY 05/2019 – Issued DG-1353 , Proposed Revision 0
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1831/ML18312A242.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.233
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nt NRC review of applications for licenses, certifications, and approvals. However, the majority of the available reactor-related guidance documents address LWRs, with limited applicability to non-LWR technologies. The NRC described efforts to prepare for possible licensing of non-LWR technologies in “NRC Vision and Strategy: Safely Achieving Effective and Efficient Non-Light Water Reactor Mission Readiness,” issued December 2016. The staff developed “NRC Non-Light Water Reactor Near-Term Implementation Action Plans” (Ref. 17), and “NRC Non-Light Water Reactor Mid-Term and Long-Term Implementation Action Plans” (Ref. 18), to identify specific activities that the NRC will conduct in the near-term, mid-term, and long-term timeframes. Strategy 3 within the implementation action plans called for the development of guidance for a flexible non-LWR regulatory review process within the bounds of existing regulations, including the use of conceptual design reviews and staged review processes. The staff interacted with stakeholders to develop the technology-inclusive, risk-informed, and performance-based methodology described in this RG to help non-LWR developers consider regulatory matters during the design process and to support the development of applications for licenses, certifications, and approvals. Policy on Advanced Reactors On October 14, 2008, the Commission issued its most recent policy statement on advanced nuclear power reactors, “Policy Statement on the Regulation of Advanced Reactors,” which included items to be considered in the design of non-LWRs and other advanced reactor technologies. The Commission’s 2008 policy statement reinforced and updated the policy statements on advanced reactors previously published in 1986 and 1994. The 2008 policy statement identifies attributes that could assist in establishing the acceptability or “licensability” of a proposed advanced reactor design, including reliable and less-complex shutdown heat