Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 081a217e-3707-4233-964d-398c43368dd2
Document Type: srp
Title: MAINTENANCE RULE
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0708/ML070810004.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.6
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evision 2) that incorporates this guidance through a later revision of RG 1.160 (later than Revision 2) which will supercede RG 1.182. RG 1.182 will then be cancelled. Note 3: Applicants referencing a certified design must address the COLA information or action items in Section 17.6 of the SER-approved generic design certification document. 17.6-4 March 2007 Note 4: The program description should identify for program procedures the status in procedural hierarchy, whether treated as safety-related or non-safety-related, level of compliance expected, responsibility for preparation, review, approval, use, compliance oversight, and disposition. Note 5: Submission of actual procedures or software for review is not required or expected for the COL application, but they must be available for NRC inspection by the time the program is required to be implemented, i.e., by the time fuel load is authorized. Note 6: If an applicant proposes to use the existing MR program used for its operating plants for new plants, applicability to, and adjustments required by the new plant design must be addressed. 1. Scoping per 10 CFR 50.65(b) A. The applicant should fully describe process for determining which plant structures, systems, or components, will be included in the scope of the Maintenance Rule (MR) program in accordance with paragraph 50.65(b) of the rule and the NRC-endorsed guidance, as prescribed by program procedures. The functions for both safety-related and non-safety-related SSCs that cause them to be within the scope of the Maintenance Rule should be documented in the program and the MR procedure description. The procedure should identify that additional SSC functions may be added to the MR scope prior to fuel load, as appropriate, as additional information is developed (e.g., EOPs) after the license is issued. The description of the MR scoping procedure should address: I. The criteria in accordance with paragraph 50.65(b)(1) for including Safety-related SSCs relied upon