Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 4774af39-208c-4761-97e8-2d66c6d14794
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Performance-Based Containment Leak-Test Program (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2200/ML22006A317.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.163
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considered in the update of the Regulatory Guide: • IAEA Safety Guide SSG-53, “Design of the Reactor Containment and Associated Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,” issued 2019 (Ref. 16) Documents Discussed in Staff Regulatory Guidance This RG endorses, with exceptions and clarifications, the use of one or more codes or standards developed by external organizations, and other third party guidance documents. These codes, standards and third party guidance documents may contain references to other codes, standards or third party guidance documents (“secondary references”). If a secondary reference has itself been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations as a requirement, then licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the secondary reference has been endorsed in a RG as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement, then the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting that regulatory requirement as described in the specific RG. If the secondary reference has neither been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations nor endorsed in a RG, then the secondary reference is neither a legally-binding requirement nor a “generic” NRC approved acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement. However, licensees and applicants may consider and use the information in the secondary reference, if appropriately justified, consistent with current regulatory practice, and consistent with applicable NRC requirements. DG-1391, Page 8 C. STAFF REGULATORY GUIDANCE NEI 94-01, Revision 3-A, provides methods acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the provisions of Option B in Appendix J to 10 CFR Part 50, subject to the following regulatory positions. Licensees wishing to use this RG should follow the regulatory positions identified in Section C of this RG in lieu of the “Limitations and Conditions” identified in the safety evaluation appended to NEI 94-01, Revision 3-A. 1. NEI