Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a85f80f8-a5b4-4f0a-84fd-1eb04d49dd57
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Service Level I, II, and III Protective Coatings Applied to Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 08/2016 – DG-1331 , Proposed Revision 3 10/2015 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise 10/2010 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – No issues identified 04/2010 – DG-1242 , Proposed Revision 2 03/1999 – DG-1076 , Proposed Revision 1 (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1609/ML16097A448.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.54
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tee D-33 on Protective Coating and Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities. The ASTM International developed standards to replace ANSI N101.4-1972 and ANSI N101.2-1972. The NRC issued Rev. 1 of RG 1.54, “Service Level I, II, and III Protective Coatings Applied to Nuclear Power Plants,” in July 2000 (Ref. 12), and Rev. 2, in October 2010 (Ref. 13), to provide the agency’s endorsement and regulatory positions on ASTM International standards relevant to NPP protective coatings. Since the issuance of Rev. 2 of RG 1.54, the ASTM International has updated many of the standards that the RG endorses. The NRC staff is revising RG 1.54 to provide the agency’s regulatory positions on the updated ASTM International standards relevant to NPP protective coatings. The NRC staff has reviewed the ASTM International standards cited in Section C of this guide for the selection, qualification, application, and maintenance of protective coatings applied to NPPs and considers them acceptable with the clarifications and exceptions noted in Section C of this RG. ASTM International developed and issued ASTM D 5144-08ε1 to provide a common basis on which protective coatings for the surfaces of nuclear power generating facilities may be qualified and selected through reproducible evaluation tests. This ASTM International standard provides guidance for DG-1331, Page 5 the application and maintenance of protective coatings under the expected environmental, operating, and postulated accident conditions for pressurized-water reactors and boiling-water reactors. ASTM D 5144-08ε1 addresses, by reference, the preparation of test specimens, radiation tolerance testing, ability to be decontaminated, physical properties, chemical resistance tests, fire evaluation tests, Design Basis Accident (DBA) testing, surface preparation, coating application and inspection, and thermal conductivity testing. The NRC staff views ASTM D 5144-08ε1 as a top-level ASTM International standard that provides