Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: e1a28538-35cc-4fc2-ab12-2e1d95830205
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Acceptability of ASME Code, Section XI, Division 2, Requirements for RIM Programs for NPPs, for Non-LWRs
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2112/ML21120A185.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.246
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on, as appropriate. 5. Use of ANDE-1-2015 is not endorsed by the NRC staff for the qualification of inspection personnel. Standard ANSI/ASNT-CP-189 should be used as provided in ASME Code, Section XI, Division 1. 6. Licensees should use an edition of ASME NQA-1 endorsed by the NRC in RG 1.28 and the ASME/ANS RA-S-1.4-2021 edition endorsed with conditions in Trial Use RG 1.247. 7. The owner should justify, in the RIM program, acceptability of the PRA for use in developing a RIM program and establishing reliability targets. DG-1383, Page 16 8. The provisions of ASME Code, Section XI, Division 2, should not be used to depart from matters governed by the construction code of the plant. 9. PSI requirements should be completed before placing a component in service after repair or replacement activities and for new components added as a result of modification activities. If components are added to the scope of the RIM program due to program changes, the components should receive a preservice examination at the next outage or at the earliest opportunity. Paragraph RIM 2.7.3, for encoding preservice examinations, applies only to volumetric examinations. 10. Where ASME Code, Section XI, Division 2 states that provisions are “in the course of preparation” or otherwise under development, applicants should develop any necessary information. The NRC will review this information on a case-by-case basis. 11. Mandatory Appendix V tables should be considered in the development of MANDE requirements and RIM strategies for components designed to very low or atmospheric pressures. 12. Regardless of the provisions in ASME Code, Section XI, Division 2, any records that would be considered quality records should be retained in accordance with the applicable provisions of the quality assurance program for the facility. 13. Stress relaxation cracking should be considered in addition to the degradation mechanisms in Mandatory Appendix VII degradation mechanism tables. 14. Liquid leak