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Comments may be accompanied by additional relevant 4 information or supporting data. Please specify the report number NUREG–2191, Volume 2, in 5 your comments, and send them by the end of the comment period specified in the 6 Federal Register notice announcing the availability of this report. 7 Addresses: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. Please include 8 Docket ID NRC–2015–0251 in the subject line of your comments. Comments submitted in 9 writing or in electronic form will be posted on the NRC website and on the Federal rulemaking 10 website http://www.regulations.gov. 11 Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for documents 12 filed under Docket ID NRC–2015–0251. Address questions about NRC dockets to 13 Carol Gallagher at 301-415-3463 or by e-mail at [email protected]. 14 Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch 15 (RADB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 16 OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 17 For any questions about the material in this report, please contact: Bennett Brady, 18 Senior Project Manager, 301-415-2981 or by e-mail at [email protected]. 19 Please be aware that any comments that you submit to the NRC will be considered a public 20 record and entered into the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 21 (ADAMS). Do not provide information you would not want to be publicly available. 1 ABSTRACT 2 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has defined subsequent license renewal 3 to be the period of extended operation from 60 years to 80 years following initial licensing. The 4 Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License Renewal Applications (SRP-SLR) for 5 Nuclear Power Plants provides guidance to NRC staff reviewers in the Office of Nuclear Reactor 6 Regulation. These reviewers perform safety reviews of applications to renew nuclear power 7 plant licenses in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54 8 “Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.” The NRC 9 regulations in 10 CFR 54.29 establish the standards for issuance of a renewed license. For 10 nuclear power plants that have received a renewed license, the regulations in 10 CFR 54.31(d) 11 state that “a renewed license may be subsequently renewed in accordance with all applicable 12 requirements.” The NRC has stated that the requirements for subsequent renewal “include the 13 provisions of part 54 (unless the Commission subsequently adopts special provisions applicable 14 only to subsequent renewals).” Statement of Consideration, “Nuclear Power Plant License 15 Renewal,” 56 FR 64,943, 64,964-65 (Dec. 13, 1991). To date, the NRC has not adopted special 16 provisions that apply only to subsequent renewal, so that the requirements in 10 CFR Part 54 17 continues to govern subsequent license renewal. 18 The principal purposes of the SRP-SLR are to ensure the quality and uniformity of NRC staff 19 reviews and to present a well-defined base from which to evaluate applicant programs and 20 activities for the subsequent period of extended operation, following the first 20-year period of 21 extended operation (i.e., the initial license renewal period). The SRP-SLR also is intended to 22 make regulatory information widely available to enhance communication with interested 23 members of the public and the nuclear power industry and to improve public and industry 24 understanding of the NRC staff’s review process. The safety review is based primarily on the 25 information provided by the applicant in a subsequent license renewal application. Each of the 26 individual SRP-SLR sections addresses (i) who performs the review, (ii) the areas of review, 27 (iii) the basis for review, (iv) the method of review, and (v) the conclusions from the review. iii 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Section Page 3 ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. iii 4 LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................xxi 5 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ...................................................................................................... xxiii 6 ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................... xxvii 7 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... xxxi 8 1 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ........................................................................... 1.1-1 9 1.1 Docketing of Timely and Sufficient Renewal Application ......................... 1.1-1 10 1.1.1 Areas of Review ................................................................................. 1.1-1 11 1.1.1.1 Docketing and Sufficiency