What types of commitments are enforceable or have regulatory control?
The enforceability and regulatory control of specific commitments depend on where the commitments are stated in the licensing basis for a given license. Only requirements are enforceable, and they are found in statutes and the NRC’s orders, rules and regulations, and licenses. By contrast, technical specifications are license conditions, and they are enforceable as such. In addition, licenses may incorporate other documents or standards by reference, and doing so designates those documents or standards as NRC requirements, although they would not constitute requirements on their own (without being incorporated by reference in a license). For that reason, the safety evaluation reports (SERs) prepared by NRR are not enforceable unless they are specifically referenced in a license condition. Nonetheless, for some plants that have renewed their licenses, the staff identified a number of technical issues (including those related to drywell corrosion), and developed specific license conditio
