Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 70415715-297f-4d60-841c-514b0372a131
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: 02/2017 (Rev. 5)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1608/ML16082A501.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.26
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Power Plants (OM Code), Division 1, “Section IST: Rules for Inservice Testing of Light-Water Reactor Power Plants” (Ref. 4), covers an equipment scope that is further described in Section B below. This code is incorporated by reference in 10 CFR 50.55a. o 10 CFR 50.69, “Risk-informed categorization and treatment of structures, systems, and components for nuclear power reactors,” provides a voluntary risk-informed process for categorizing and treating (e.g., inspecting and testing) SSCs that may be used as an alternative to the process described in this regulatory guide. Related Guidance • NUREG-0800, “Standard Review Plan [SRP] for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 5). o NUREG-0800, SRP Section 3.2.2, “System Quality Group Classification” provides guidance to the NRC staff in reviewing quality group classification of SSCs for nuclear power plant applications. o NUREG-0800, SRP Section 17.5, “Quality Assurance Program Description – Design Certification, Early Site Permit, and New License Applicants,” provides expectations for new reactor applicants related to assurance of quality for certain non-safety related SSCs. • RG 1.143, “Design Guidance for Radioactive Waste Management Systems, Structures, and Components Installed in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 6), provides specific guidance on the classification of radioactive waste management systems. • RG 1.201, “Guidelines for Categorizing Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Power Plants According to their Safety Significance” (Ref. 7), provides guidance for complying with the NRC’s voluntary requirements in 10 CFR 50.69, which is described further in Section B below. Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues regulatory guides to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in