Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 12dd3f35-6baa-4f6a-8372-84c90ef96a91
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Test Documentation for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 08/2012 – DG-1207 , Proposed Revision 1 08/1996 – DG-1056 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0833/ML083370243.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.170
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use during the testing effort. This category is particularly relevant to Criterion V. The IEEE Std. 829-2008 test reporting category consists of an interim status report, an anomaly report, more test logs, along with the final test summary reports that allow the licensee to record and summarize test events and that follow the integrity scheme needed within the life-cycle and serve as the basis for evaluating test results. The final summary report summarizes all category information and addresses the requirements in parts of Criteria VI, XI, and XVII as they apply to software. The documentation in the test reporting category contains most of the specific information itemized in Criterion XVII. However, the change process of the software configuration management (SCM) function, as endorsed by Regulatory Guide 1.169, “Configuration Management Plans for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 14) will typically address anomaly reporting. IEEE Std. 829-2008 also provides for the inclusion of additional material in its defined documentation; therefore, any special testing information associated with unique circumstances may also be included. DG-1207, Page 5 Description of Change The IEEE Std. 829-1983 version originally provided a linear planning, testing and reporting perspective and the new 2008 version expands the depth of its function with both a classification of the intensity based on the seriousness of the incorrect behavior consequences and life-cycle time line for the system and software project development. This revision of Regulatory Guide 1.170 addresses the expansion of IEEE Std. 829-2008 by updating the existing sections starting with the “Test Program” and then adding 3 new Staff Regulatory Guidance positions to the regulatory guide. In Regulatory Guide 1.170 the “Test Program” in Staff Regulatory Guidance position 1 directs the licensee to use the Master Test Plan (MTP) in IEEE Std. 829-2008, Clause 8,