Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 74c49394-8dbf-46e7-b62a-b85de93b47d8
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Initial Test Programs for Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 11/2012 – DG-1259 , Proposed Revision 4 11/2006 – DG-1166 , Proposed Revision 3 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1229/ML12298A071.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.68
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Part 50, “General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,” states that these principal design criteria are to establish the necessary design, fabrication, construction, testing, and performance requirements for structures, systems, and components (SSCs) important to safety (i.e., SSCs that provide reasonable assurance that the facility can be operated without undue risk to the health and safety of the public). DG-1259, Page 2 Criterion XI, “Test Control,” of Appendix B to Part 50, “Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants,” states, in part, that a test program shall be established to assure that all testing required to demonstrate that SSCs will perform satisfactorily in service is identified and performed in accordance with written test procedures, which incorporate the requirements and acceptance limits contained in applicable design documents. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, all SSCs important to safety that are required to perform these functions need to be tested to ensure that they will perform properly. These functions, as noted throughout the General Design Criteria (GDC) of Appendix A, are those necessary to ensure that specified design conditions of the facility are not exceeded during any condition of normal operation, including anticipated operational occurrences, or as a result of postulated accident conditions. The regulations in 10 CFR 50.34(b)(6)(iii) and 10 CFR 52.79(a)(28) require, in part, that the OL or COL applicant include “Plans for preoperational testing and initial operations” in the FSAR. Subsection 52.157(f)(27) of 10 CFR requires an ML applicant to submit “Necessary parameters to be used in developing plans for preoperational testing and initial operation.” Chapter 14, “Initial Test Program,” of RG 1.70, “Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants, LWR [Light Water Reactor] Edition” (Ref. 3), and regulatory position