Licensing Requirements for Pending Applications for Construction Permits and Manufacturing License

摘要

The TMI-2 Action Plan, NUREG-0660, does not specifically address requirements for construction permit and manufacturing license applications. There are currently pending five construction permit applications for ten units with light water reactors and one manufacturing license application for eight floating nuclear plants. Staff review of these applications had been suspended since the TMI-2 accident pending the formulation of a policy to appropriately reflect the lessons learned from the accident. The Commission has approved a new rule (10 CFR 50.34(f)) which states the TMI-related requirements to be applied to these applications. NUREG-0718 Rev. 1 was issued, and has now been revised, to provide guidance that the NRC staff believes should be followed to account for the lessons learned from the TMI-2 accident. NUREG-0718 Rev. 2 is not a substitute for the regulations, and compliance is not a requirement. However, an approach or method different from the guidance contained herein will be accepted only if the substitute approach or method provides an equivalent basis for meeting the requirements.