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Reactor License Renewal Guidance Documents

These documents can be found below (if available) or by using NRC's on-line document retrieval system ADAMS located in the Electronic Reading Room. Should you need assistance in locating documents of interest, we encourage you to contact the reference staff in our Public Document Room.

On this page:

• Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL)
• Inspection Manual Chapters (IMCs) and Procedures (IPs)
• Interim Staff Guidance for License Renewal (LR-ISG)
• Regulatory Guide 1.188, Revision 1
• Office Instructions (OIs)
• Regulatory Guides (RGs)
• Standard Review Plan (SRP)
• Technical Reports in the NUREG Series (NUREGs)
• Nuclear Plant Aging Research (NPAR) Reports

The following license renewal guidance documents have been updated: Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report, Standard Review Plan, and Regulatory Guide 1.188.

For additional information, see Guidance, Updates, Schedule and Background.

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Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL)

The purpose of the GALL Report is to provide the technical basis for the Standard Review Plan for License Renewal. GALL contains the staff's generic evaluation of the existing plant programs and documents the technical basis for determining where existing programs are adequate without modification and where existing programs should be augmented for the extended period of operation. The evaluation results documented in the GALL report indicate that many of the existing programs are adequate to manage the aging effects for particular structures or components for license renewal without change. The GALL report also contains recommendations on specific areas for which existing programs should be augmented for license renewal.

Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report, NUREG-1801 

• NUREG-1801, "Generic Aging Lessons Learned GALL) Report," Revision 1
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2

Inspection Manual Chapters (IMCs) and Procedures (IPs)

The purpose of the IMCs and IPs is to guide the staff in conducting inspections to ensure that licensees meet the NRC's regulatory requirements:

• IMC 2515, “Light-Water Reactor Inspection Program — Operations Phase,” provides guidance to NRC headquarters and regional office staff, as well as consultant personnel, regarding review and inspection activities to ensure the safe operation of light-water reactors, including post-approval site inspections associated with license renewal (see IP-71003, below).
  
  
• IMC 2516, "Policy and Guidance for the License Renewal Inspection Programs," provides guidance to NRC headquarters and regional office staff, as well as consultant personnel, regarding review and inspection activities associated with an applicant's license renewal program.
  
  
• IP-71002, "License Renewal Inspections," provides the procedures for inspecting and verifying the documentation, implementation, and effectiveness of the programs and activities associated with an applicant's license renewal program. For additional information, see Frequently Asked Questions on License Renewal of Nuclear Power Reactors (NUREG-1850).
  
  
• IP-71003, "Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal," provides the procedures for inspecting and verifying the completion of license renewal commitments and license conditions that have been added as part of the renewed license, and ensuring that selected aging management programs (AMPs) are implemented in accordance with the license renewal regulations. For additional information, see Frequently Asked Questions About License Renewal Inspection Procedure (IP) 71003.

Interim Staff Guidance for License Renewal (LR-ISG)

Improved license renewal guidance documents, such as GALL Report, Rev. 1, SRP-LR Rev 1, Reg Guide 1.188, Rev. 1, and NEI 95-10, Rev. 6, have been developed to enhance the license renewal application process. (For staff's resolution associated with LR-ISGs for 2001-2005, see the Summary of the 2001-2005 Interim Staff Guidance for License Renewal) As lessons are learned during license renewal application (LRA) reviews, it is expected that these guidance documents may need to be revised to capture new insights or address emerging issues. To document these lessons learned the staff has developed an interim staff guidance (LR-ISG) process that involves the industry and other stakeholders. LR-ISG improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the license renewal process by providing guidance to license renewal applicants and other interested stakeholders, until the emerging issues can be incorporated into the next revision of the improved license renewal guidance documents. For the most recent status see Interim Staff Guidance Associated with License Renewal Guidance.

Regulatory Guide 1.188, Revision 1

Regulatory Guide 1.188, Revision 1, provides format and content for applications and endorses NEI 95-10, Rev 6. However, applicants may elect to use other suitable methods or approaches for satisfying the Rule's requirements and completing a license renewal application.

• "Industry Guidelines for Implementing the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 54 - The License Renewal Rule," NEI 95-10, provides potential applicants with guidelines for identifying the systems, structures, and components with the scope of 10 CFR Part 54 and their functions; identifying structures and components subject to aging management review; assuring that effect of aging are maintained, application of inspections for license renewal; identifying and resolving time-limited aging analyses; and identifying and evaluating exemptions containing time-limited aging analyses.
  • NEI 95-10, Rev.6

Office Instructions (OIs)

The NRR Office Instruction (OI) program defines the processes by which NRR staff and managers develop and maintain office instructions and there by improve NRR's efficiency and consistency in performing its various activities and functions.

RNWL-100, "License Renewal Application Review Process," (ADAMS #ML053550456) describes the license renewal application (LRA) review process and the roles and responsibilities of the staff organizations involved in an LRA review.

Procedural Guidance for Preparing Environmental Assessments and Considering Environmental Issues, LIC-203 (ADAMS# ML033550003), establishes procedures and provided guidance pertaining to the preparation of environmental assessments and the consideration of environmental issues for all licensing action

Regulatory Guides (RGs)

The purpose of the RG is to provide guidance to licensees and applicants on implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques used by the NRC staff in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff in its review of applications.

• Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating License, Regulatory Guide 1.188, endorses the industry license renewal document NEI 95-10, Revision 6.
• Preparation of Supplemental Environmental Reports for Applications To Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses, Supplement 1 to Regulatory Guide 4.2, provides guidance on the format and content of an environmental report to be submitted as part of a license renewal application.

Standard Review Plans (SRP)

The purpose of the SRP is to assure quality and uniformity of staff reviews and to present a well defined base from which to evaluate a licensee's application.

• Standard Review Plan for License Renewal, NUREG-1800, incorporates by reference the Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report and Regulatory Guide 1.188.



• Environmental Standard Review Plan, NUREG-1555, Operating License Renewal Supplement 1, provides guidance in implementing the 10 CFR Part 51, related to new site/plant applications and license renewal.

Technical Reports in the NUREG Series (NUREGs)

NPAR Reports

Nuclear Plant Aging Research (NPAR) Reports is a collection of literature on mechanical, structural, and thermal-hydraulic components and systems providing a systematic review of plant aging information in order to assess materials and component aging issues related to continued operation and license renewal of operating reactors.

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