Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 7d480029-59df-44fe-9db8-c1c86566dac9
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Operation and Maintenance Code Case Acceptability, ASME OM Code (Rev. 5)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2219/ML22196A063.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.192
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ants or licensees may voluntarily use OM Code Cases the NRC has approved as an alternative to compliance with OM Code provisions that have been incorporated by reference into 10 CFR 50.55a. Because of continuing change in the status of OM Code Cases, the staff plans periodic updates to 10 CFR 50.55a and to this guide to accommodate new OM Code Cases and any revisions of existing OM Code Cases. Paperwork Reduction Act This RG provides voluntary guidance for implementing the mandatory information collections in 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52 that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), under control numbers 3150-0011 and 3150-0151, respectively. Send comments regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch ((T6-A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to DG-1407, Page 3 Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202 (3150-0011 and 3150-0151), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC, 20503. Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number. DG-1407, Page 4 B. DISCUSSION Reason for Revision RG 1.192, Revision 5, includes information reviewed by the NRC on OM Code Cases listed in the 2022 Edition of the OM Code and on the ASME Codes & Standards (C&S) Connect website. This revision updates and supersedes RG 1.192, Revision 4, which included information from the 2020 Edition of the OM Code. Background Provisions of the ASME BPV Code have been used since 1971 as one part of the framework to establish the necessary design, fabrication, construction, testing, and performance requirements for structures,