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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e issuance of a referenced ESP or DC, changes to that referenced information may be necessary (e.g., an ESP variance). The guidance provided herein addresses the processes that a COL applicant follows when it intends to change portions of the information contained in the referenced ESP or DC, or both. This guidance does not apply to a COLA that references neither a DC nor an ESP, and the guidance does not apply to an ESP or DC application. GUIDANCE Combined License Application Referencing an Early Site Permit As required by 10 CFR 52.39, a COL applicant referencing an ESP should demonstrate that the proposed facility falls within the site characteristics and design parameters specified in the ESP and should provide information to resolve any significant environmental issues not resolved in the ESP proceeding. In addition, the COL applicant should update the emergency preparedness information that was provided under 10 CFR 52.17(b) and discuss whether the updated information materially changes the bases for compliance with applicable NRC requirements. In addition, the information change process provisions in 10 CFR 52.39 state that a COL applicant referencing ESP may include in its application a request for a variance (i.e., a change) in one or more site characteristics, design parameters, or terms and conditions of the ESP or the SSAR associated with the ESP. The COL applicant requesting a variance should clearly identify, evaluate, and justify each variance and include such explanatory documentation in Part 7 of the COLA (see Section C.1.7). Combined License Application Referencing a Design Certification A COL applicant referencing a DC shall comply with the 10 CFR Part 52 change process applicable to the type of information requested to be changed. The regulation at 10 CFR 52.63(b) describes processes for a COL applicant to request or to make changes to DC information. In addition, the DCR appendices to 10 CFR Part 52 are similarly structured, and Section VIII of