License Renewal Guidance Documents

摘要

License renewal has become a promising option for meeting future energy demands safely and economically. ThernUnites States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) renewed two licenses in 2000 and is now reviewing severalrnapplications. A growing list of utilities have announced their intention to submit license renewal applications. The NRC isrndeveloping a streamlined process for reviewing applications consistently and expeditiously. The Nuclear Energy Institutern(NEI) has drafted guidance for the industry on developing a license renewal application. This paper discusses four licensernrenewal guidance documents developed to describe interrelated aspects of preparing and reviewing license renewalrnapplications: the Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) report, the Standard Review Plan for License Renewal (SRP-LR),rnthe Regulatory Guide for License Renewal (RG-LR), and NEI 95-10, NEI’s industry guideline for implementing thernrequirements of 10 CFR Part 54 (The License Renewal Rule). The purpose of the paper is to explain how to use thernguidance documents alone and in combination - to facilitate the renewal process from application development through NRCrnstaff review.