ML20011F616
| ML20011F616 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/27/1990 |
| From: | Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Kintner E ALWR UTILITY STEERING COMMITTEE |
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Dear d tner:
L I am responding to your letter of December 26, 1989, in which you expressed concern about the progress of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) review of the EPRI advanced light-water reactor Requirements Document.
The Commission has now established the NRC priorities and a process for the review of evolutionary and advanced designs and the EPRI Requirements Document.
t The priorities and process applicable to the EPRI Requirements Document are as follows:
When a clear domestic preference exists for a particular design, the NRC will assign the highest priority to review of that design.- Until such time, the NRC has assigned equal priority to the review of the-General Electric Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor, the.
Combustion Engineering System 80+, and the EPRI Requirements.
Document for evolutionary plant designs, with a particular focus on resolving those evolutionary plant design issues that will carry over into the Requirements Document-for passive plant designs.
In order to reflect the significance that NRC places on the EPRI Requirements Document, the staff will-highlight in the Safety Evaluation Report (SER) for each design those areas where the resolution of design-specific issues is different from that established through the review of the EPRI Requirements Document.
The Commission has decided that greater priority should he'given to the review of the EPRI Requirements Document for passive plant designs over the review of individual passive plant designs so that the Require-ments Document will be in place before we embark upon detailed review of individual designs.
The Commission has asked the staff to forward policy issues to the Commission as they are identified so that the Commission can address these policy issues before a draft SER is completed.
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The Commission has under. review proposed departures from current regulations for the evolutionary light water reactors.
Although these policy issues _ are currently. before the Commission for consideration, I urge you to continue your dialogue with the staff concerning the resolution of open technical issues.
At Commission direction, the staff is revising the draft SERs on those Requirements Document chapters already issued, as well as the draft SER for Chapter 5, to include an analysis of those areas where the staff is proposing to depart from current regulations and to add a statement that Commission guidance will be required before a final decision can be made on such policy issues.
The staff is also continuing its-review of the balance of the Requirements Document. chapters in accordance with the established priorities.
The schedules'for the issuance of the draft SERs are being revised at this time and will be provided to you following approval by the Commission.
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industry. Although certain NRC policy issues are currently before the Commission, I urge-you to continue your technical dialogue with the staff concerning the
- resolution of open issues.
I hope this responds to your concerns.
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