Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 217aa53e-c4ac-4a8f-b1b6-968ad75d68ab
Document Type: srp
Title: INSERVICE TESTING OF PUMPS AND VALVES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070368.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.9.6
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in. The acceptance criteria in SRP Section 3.9.6 cite inservice tests required by the ASME Code as well as other tests for pumps and valves to ensure their operability and performance. This testing is specifically applicable to pumps and valves whose function is required for safety and is intended to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a(f). Meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a(f) provides assurance that certain pumps and valves important to safety are capable of performing their intended safety function.95 III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select and emphasize material from the procedures described below as may be appropriate for a particular case. For each area of review, the following review procedures are followed: Additional guidance regarding the review procedures for inservice testing programs 96 for pumps and valves is provided in NUREG-1482.97 DRAFT Rev. 3 - April 1996 3.9.6-18 1. Inservice Testing of Pumps a. The scope of the applicant's program is reviewed for agreement with subsection II.1.a. The program is acceptable if a preservice test program isshould be used to establish reference values. The periodic inservice program 98 mustshould be used to verify that the reference values are within acceptable 99 limits. b. The pump test program procedures mustshould agree with the requirements of 100 subsection II.1.b. The program is best presented in tabular form. c. The inservice test frequencies and test durations are reviewed for agreement with subsection II.1.c. d. The test procedures described in the SAR are reviewed for agreement with 101 subsection II.1.d. The SAR need only provide the necessary information to permit a conclusion that the methods of measurement and the data acquisition system will provide the needed data. The reviewer does not approve or disapprove the instruments or methods proposed or used. 2. Inservice Testing of Valves a. The SAR valve test list and categorization are reviewed for agreement with subsection II.2.a. b.