Protecting People and the EnvironmentUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555
October 26, 1982
TO ALL POWER REACTOR LICENSEES/PERMIT HOLDERS, APPLICANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION
PERMITS
Subject: Guidance for Implementing Standard Review Plan Rule
(Generic Letter No. 82-20)
Gentlemen:
On March 10, 1982, the Commission approved a final rule 10 CFR 50.34(g),
"Conformance with the Standard Review Plan (SRP)." This rule requires power
reactor applications docketed after May 17, 1982, to include an evaluation
of the facility against the acceptance criteria of the Standard Review Plan
(NUREG-0800).
The staff has prepared for public comment the enclosed guidance (NUREG-0906)
for licensees to assist in complying with the rule. The guidance document is
intended as an interim measure until the "Standard Content and Format Guide
for Safety Analysis Reports, Regulatory Guide 1.70," is revised to reflect
the requirements of the new rule, at which time the guidance in NUREG-0906
would be incorporated into Regulatory Guide 1.70.
The guidance document has the following major features:
(1) It identifies the locations in the Safety Analysis Report (SAR)
for providing the evaluation required by the SRP rule and provides
a suggested tabular format for identifying the specific areas of
design, analysis, and procedure that are different from the
Standard Review Plan. The table includes an identification and
summary description of the differences, and a reference to the
specific sections of the SAR in which the differences are
discussed and evaluated.
(2) For applicants subject to the rule, it modifies the present
guidance contained in Regulatory Guide 1.70 that they should
provide a discussion in the SAR of their conformance with all
applicable Regulatory Guides (SAR Chapter 1.8). The appropriate
Regulatory Guides are cited in the acceptance criteria for each
individual section of the SRP. Thus, this section (Chapter 1.8) of
the SAR would be redundant to the evaluation now required by the
SRP rule and an unnecessary burden on applicants.
(3) It reaffirms that conformance with the SRP, per se, is not a
regulatory requirement, but that the specific acceptance criteria
of the SRP define methods acceptable to the staff for satisfying
the relevant regulations. However, the guidance document notes
that in some instances the SRP acceptance criteria are identical
to the requirements of the regulations. Guidance on how to handle
this type of difference from the SRP acceptance criteria is
included.
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(4) It provides examples of evaluations of differences fran the SRP
that the staff considers to be acceptable in technical scope and
detail.
Comments on NUREG-0906 are due by December 20, 1982.
Sincerely,
Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director
Division of Licensing
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure: As stated
