Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 5da93dc4-caee-45c8-a0e0-6f7b803c23cd
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Dedication of Commercial-Grade Items for Use in Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2318/ML23187A531.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-11
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Section ID: RG-1.164
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ommission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by email to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, (3150-0035, 3150-0011, and 3150-0151), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20503, email: oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov. Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number. DG-1415, Page 4 B. DISCUSSION Reason for Revision This revision of the guide (Revision 1) updates the guidance to provide additional clarification on the NRC’s definition of counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items (CFSI). This revision also adds regulatory language to provide additional clarity on requirements applicable to the dedication of commercial-grade items. In addition, the staff made several editorial changes to conform to the current format and content of RGs. Background This RG provides guidance for the dedication of commercial-grade items and services used in nuclear power plants. This RG endorses, in part, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) 3002002982, Revision 1 to EPRI NP-5652 and TR-102260, “Plant Engineering: Guideline for the Acceptance of Commercial-Grade Items in Nuclear Safety-Related Applications,” issued September 2014 (Ref. 6), with respect to the acceptance of the commercial-grade dedication of items and services to be used as basic components for nuclear power plants. Use of commercial-grade dedication for items and services used in nuclear power plants is common in the nuclear industry, but the acceptance processes for those items or services vary. Industry guidance for acceptance of commercial-grade products was developed in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, the NRC conducted a series of procurement inspections at licensee facilities that