Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 3a393213-d917-47a0-abc4-ee3e0bbcdbf2
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: "Guidance for ITAAC Closure Under 10 CFR Part 52." (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1425/ML14258B182.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.215
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ic meetings between the NRC and industry. The original version of this RG issued October 2009 (Ref. 3), approved for use NEI 08-01, Revision 3, issued January 2009 (Ref. 4). NEI 08-01 provided generic guidance for the ITAAC closure program for new nuclear plants licensed under 10 CFR Part 52, and was developed following discussions with the NRC during the period 2007 to 2008. The document provided a common framework and understanding of the 10 CFR Part 52 ITAAC closure process to all stakeholders. Revision 1 of this RG, issued May 2012 (Ref. 5), approved for use NEI 08-01, Revision 4, issued July 2010 (Ref. 6). Revision 4 included additional guidance related to maintaining the validity of ITAAC conclusions following the submittal of ICNs in support of the final ITAAC finding required by 10 CFR 52.103(g) that all acceptance criteria are met. The current revision of NEI 08-01 has numerous changes and additions from the 2010 version. The first of these changes are updates to and additional definitions in Section 2 of the document. The second set of changes relate to ITAAC maintenance and include the following: (1) changes to conform to the final ITAAC maintenance rule and the guidance in RG 1.215, Rev. 1, (2) guidance on ITAAC maintenance for Design Acceptance Criteria (DAC) and Design Reliability Assurance Program (D-RAP) ITAAC, and (3) revisions to several ITAAC maintenance examples in Appendix H. The third change in the latest revision of NEI 08-01 is the modification of existing ITAAC closure notification guidance and examples to reflect lessons learned regarding content expectations for ITAAC closure notifications. The fourth change is the addition of new ITAAC closure notification examples to cover additional technical DG-1316, Page 3 areas related to ITAAC. The fifth set of changes is to the information and formatting guidance for uncompleted ITAAC notifications. After these changes, the format of uncompleted ITAAC notifications better match the format of ITAAC