4.12 Update of Approval Basis Phase
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4.12 Update of Approval Basis Phase

 As previously discussed, the preliminary approval is issued with a set of conditions outlining the requirements and necessary steps the Submitter should satisfy in order to achieve final approval. Following the risk assessment, if done for the preliminary design and subsequent final design phase, the Submitter's Final design phase and the risk assessment of the preliminary design, the level of understanding of the alternative and/or equivalency has increased. The preliminary approval conditions may be revised as a result. That is, the requirements to be met in order to achieve final approval will be described in more detail. In addition, as the Submitter is in the process of selecting testing and analysis methods, the Administration will have an opportunity to guide and potentially specify explicit requirements for this selection.


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