§ 53.1560 Updating program documents included in licensing-basis information.

(a) Each holder under this part of an OL or COL for which the Commission has made the finding under § 53.1452(g) must biennially or more frequently update the program documents submitted as part of an application to obtain or maintain the license to assure that the information included in the documents contains the latest information developed. The submittals must include the effects on the content of the program documents of— (1) Changes made in the facility, procedures, licensee's organization, or site environs; (2) Safety analyses and evaluations performed by the applicant or licensee either in support of approved license amendments or in support of conclusions that changes did not require a license amendment in accordance with § 53.1550; (3) Analyses of new safety issues performed by or on behalf of the licensee at Commission request; and (4) Changes to the programs as a result of operating experience, corrective actions, or other reasons deemed appropriate to ensure the programs serve their underlying purpose to support the requirements in subpart B of this part or other NRC regulations. (b)(1) The licensee must submit revisions containing updated information to the Commission, as specified in § 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 submittals, 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) The updated program documents must be retained by the licensee until the Commission terminates their license.