Nuclear Regulatory Commission October 30, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The NRC staff is soliciting public comment on its proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-ISG-018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML092290791). This ISG revises the guidance provided to the staff in Section 17.4, ``Reliability Assurance Program'' of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' March 2007 (SRP). This ISG revises the review responsibilities and further clarifies the acceptance criteria and evaluation findings contained in SRP Section 17.4 in support of the NRC reviews of the design certification (DC) and combined license (COL) applications. The NRC staff issues DC/COL-ISGs to facilitate timely implementation of current staff guidance and to facilitate activities associated with review of applications for DCs and COLs by the Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff intends to incorporate the final approved DC/COL-ISG-018 into the next revision of NUREG-0800, SRP Section 17.4 and Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.206, ``Combined License Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),'' June 2007.