Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c6321e39-3d1b-40a6-ace3-8c6a0c54e2cd
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Developing Software Life Cycle Processes for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 08/2012 – DG-1210 , Proposed Revision 1 08/1996 – DG-1059 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1031/ML103120727.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.173
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egulatory Guide 1.152. The software development process has several supporting regulatory guides to promote high functional reliability and design quality in the software used in safety systems. These guides include the following: a. Regulatory Guide 1.168, “Verification, Validation, Reviews, and Audits for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,” b. Regulatory Guide 1.169, “Configuration Management Plans for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 14), c. Regulatory Guide 1.170, “Software Test Documentation for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 15), d. Regulatory Guide 1.171, “Software Unit Testing for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 16), and DG-1210, Page 6 e. Regulatory Guide 1.172, “Software Requirement Specifications for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 17). This regulatory guide is based on standards and describes methods acceptable for any safety system software and discusses the required life cycle activities. The applicant or licensee determines how the required activities will be implemented. Other Codes and Standards This regulatory guide endorses the use of one or more voluntary consensus codes or standards developed by external organizations. These codes or standards may contain references to other codes or standards. These references should be considered individually. If a referenced standard has been incorporated separately into NRC regulations, licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the referenced standard has been endorsed in a regulatory guide, the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting a regulatory requirement as described in the specific regulatory guide. If a referenced standard has been neither incorporated into NRC regulations nor