Design Certification Renewal Application Review - ABWR GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy

On July 13, 1994, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued the final design approval (FDA), along with the "Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) related to certification of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design" (NUREG-1503). On May 12, 1997, the NRC issued the final design certification rule (DCR) for the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) design in the Federal Register (62 FR 25800). Applicants or licensees intending to construct and operate a plant based on the ABWR design may do so by referencing its DCR, as set forth in Appendix A to Title 10, Part 52, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 52, Appendix A). A DCR is valid for 15 years from the date of issuance under 10 CFR 52.55(a). A DCR may be renewed for a period of 10 to 15 years.

By letter dated December 7, 2010, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy submitted an application to renew the ABWR Design Certification (DC). The purpose of this renewal is to update the ABWR DC. For additional detail, see the following topics on this page:

• Application Review Schedule
• Applicant Documents
• NRC Documents
• Requests for Additional Information
• Safety Evaluations with No Open Items
• Final Safety Evaluations
• Contacts

Application Review Schedule

Applicant Documents

The following table provides access to the documents submitted to support the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's review of GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy application to renew the ABWR DC.

NRC Documents

This section lists documents in which the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) sent documents to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy in association with GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy's application to renew the ABWR DCR.

Requests for Additional Information

For all safety-related RAIs and the applicant's related responses, please refer to the eRAI Safety Report. Note that some RAIs and related responses may not be publicly available because they contain sensitive information.

Safety Evaluations with No Open Items

The following table provides access to Safety Evaluations with no Open Items that the NRC has issued in conjunction with its review of the application submitted by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy to renew the ABWR DC.

Final Safety Evaluations

The following table provides access to Final Safety Evaluations that the NRC has issued in conjunction with its review of the application submitted by GE–Hitachi Nuclear Energy to renew the ABWR DC.

Contacts