Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 244ba017-304c-4f86-818e-a1339242d8c1
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Evaluating Deviations and Reporting Defects and Noncompliance Under 10 CFR Part 21 + HISTORY - HISTORY 11/2023 – DG-1416 , Proposed Revision 1 07/2017 – DG-1291 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2318/ML23187A549.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-11
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Section ID: RG-1.234
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IAEA and NEA safety requirements and safety guides pursuant to the Commission’s International Policy Statement (Ref. 9) and Management Directive and Handbook 6.6, “Regulatory Guides” (Ref. 10). The NRC staff did not identify any IAEA safety requirements or guides with information related to the topic of this RG. However, the staff has identified the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Report NEA/CRNA/R (2012), “Regulatory Oversight of Non-Conforming, Counterfeit, Fraudulent, and Suspect Items (NCFSI),” dated February 13, 2013 (Ref. 11), as providing relevant information. This document discusses different approaches to managing NCFSI and notes that existing controls may need to be put in place throughout the supply chain. This RG incorporates quality assurance guidance and is generally consistent with the NEA’s basic safety principles. Documents Discussed in Staff Regulatory Guidance This RG endorses the use of one or more codes or standards developed by external organizations, and other third-party guidance documents. These codes, standards and third-party guidance documents may contain references to other codes, standards or third-party guidance documents (“secondary references”). If a secondary reference has itself been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations as a requirement, then licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the secondary reference has been endorsed in a RG as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement, then the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting that regulatory requirement as described in the specific RG. If the secondary reference has neither been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations nor endorsed in a RG, then the secondary reference is neither a legally binding requirement nor a “generic” NRC approved acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement. However, licensees and applicants may consider