Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 6a8631f6-b99a-4d6f-9350-667f6eeb1fbf
Document Type: srp
Title: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070749.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 16
Section ID: 16.0
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final technical specifications. Meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50.34 at the operating license stage requires that the applicant propose technical specifications prepared in accordance with 10 CFR 50.36. The safety benefit of such a process is discussed in subsection II.2 of this SRP section.44 2. Compliance with 10 CFR 50.36 requires that the proposed technical specifications include the following: a. Safety Limits and Limiting Safety System Settings. Safety limits apply to important process variables that are necessary to provide an appropriate level of protection for the integrity of certain physical barriers that guard against the uncontrolled release of radioactive material. Limiting safety system settings are 16.0-5 DRAFT Rev. 2 - April 1996 used for automatic protective devices affecting those variables having significant safety functions. b. Limiting Conditions for Operation. Limiting conditions for operation are the lowest functional capability or performance levels of equipment required for safe operation of the facility. When a limiting condition for operation of a nuclear reactor is not met, the licensee shall shut down the reactor or follow any remedial action permitted by the technical specifications until the condition can be met. A technical specification limiting condition for operation of a nuclear reactor must be established for each item meeting one or more of the following criteria: - Installed instrumentation that is used to detect, and indicate in the control room, a significant abnormal degradation of the reactor coolant pressure boundary. - A process variable, design feature, or operating restriction that is an initial condition of a design basis accident or transient analysis that either assumes the failure of or presents a challenge to the integrity of a fission product barrier. - A structure, system, or component that is part of the primary success path and which functions or actuates to mitigate a design basis accident or transient