Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a2b67b51-f5fe-4c86-a879-f0e439601f7f
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Format and Content of Report for Thermal Annealing of Reactor Pressure Vessels
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003740052.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.162
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and the NRC holds a public meeting on the thermal annealing. On the other hand, if unreviewed safety questions or changes to technical specifications are identified as necessary for resumed operation, the li censee may restart only after the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation authorizes restart, the summary of the NRC staff inspection is placed in the NRC Public Document Room, and a public meeting on the thermal annealing is held. The thermal annealing rule also sets forth in 10 CFR 50.66(c) (3) (i) the requirements that a licens ee must follow if the thermal annealing was terminated prior to completion. In general, the process and re- quirements for partial annealing are analogous to situa tions in which the thermal annealing was completed; that is, when the partial annealing was otherwise per formed in compliance with the Thermal Annealing Op erating Plan and relevant portions of the Requalifica tion Inspection and Test Program, the licensee submits written confirmation of such compliance and may re start following, among other things, holding a public meeting on the annealing. By contrast, if the partial annealing was not performed in accordance with the Thermal Annealing Operating Plan and relevant portions of the Requalification Inspection and Test Program, the licensee is required by 10 CFR 50.66(c) (3) (iii) to submit a summary of lack of com pliance, submit a justification for subsequent opera tions, identify any changes to the facility that are attrib utable to noncompliances that constitute unreviewed safety questions, and identify changes to the technical specifications that are required for operation as a result of the noncompliances with the Thermal Annealing Operating Plan and relevant portions of the Requalifi cation Inspection and Test Program. If unreviewed safety questions or changes to technical specifications are identified as necessary for resumed operation, the licensee may restart only after the Director of NRR au thorizes