§ 53.1545 — Updating Final Safety Analysis Reports.

§ 53.1545 Updating Final Safety Analysis Reports.

(a) Each holder of an OL or COL under this part for which the Commission has made the finding under § 53.1452(g) must update the FSAR originally submitted as part of the application for the license every 24 months or more frequently to assure that the information included in the report contains the latest information developed. The submittal must include the effects on the content of the FSAR of—

(1) Changes made to the facility or procedures as described in the FSAR;

(2) Safety analyses and evaluations performed by the licensee either in support of approved license amendments or in support of conclusions that changes did not require a license amendment under § 53.1550;

(3) Updates to the probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), other systematic risk evaluations, or a combination thereof required under § 53.450(a);

(4) The cumulative effects of the changes to the facility or procedures on the margins to the safety criteria in §§ 53.210, 53.220, and 53.450(e) since the last FSAR update; and

(5) Analyses of new safety issues performed by or on behalf of the licensee at Commission request.

(b)(1) The licensee must submit revisions containing updated information to the Commission, under § 53.040, identifying the location of revised or new information.

(2) The submittal must include—

(i) A certification by a duly authorized officer of the licensee that either the information accurately presents changes made since the previous submittal, necessary to reflect information and analyses submitted to the Commission or prepared pursuant to Commission requirement, or that no such changes were made; and

(ii) An identification of changes made under the provisions of § 53.1550 but not previously submitted to the Commission.

(c) Each applicant for or holder of a COL under this part for which the Commission has not made the finding under § 53.1452(g) must submit an update to the FSAR annually by providing the information required in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(5) of this section and meeting the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section. Combined license applicants who have requested the NRC to suspend its review of the COL application and COL holders who have informed the NRC that they do not plan to pursue construction need not submit an annual update of the FSAR. If a COL applicant requests that the NRC resume its review, or a COL holder notifies the NRC that the COL holder plans to commence or resume construction, then the COL applicant or holder must submit to NRC an update to its FSAR within 90 days of the request or notification, as applicable, and annually thereafter.

(d) The FSAR (as updated) must be retained by the licensee until the Commission terminates its license.

(e) Each holder of an ML under this part must submit an update of the FSAR every 24 months or more frequently as necessary to facilitate dependent COL or CP applications. The submittal must include the effects of changes on the content of the FSAR as described in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(3) through (a)(5), and (b) of this section and safety analyses and evaluations performed by the licensee either in support of approved license amendments or in support of conclusions that changes did not require a license amendment under § 53.1530.