Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 3b4c5897-7060-42e3-83a9-cf0790b7dc60
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Acceptability of ASME Code, Section XI, Division 2, Requirements for RIM Programs for NPPs, for Non-LWRs
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2112/ML21120A185.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.246
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hat prevent or mitigate the consequences of postulated accidents that could cause undue risk to public health and safety. • 10 CFR Part 52 governs the issuance of early site permits, standard design certifications, combined licenses, standard design approvals, and manufacturing licenses for nuclear power facilities. o 10 CFR 52.79(a)(5), in part, requires an application for a combined license to include an analysis and evaluation of the design and performance of SSCs with the objective of assessing both the risk to public health and safety from facility operation, including determining the margins of safety during normal operations and transient conditions anticipated during the life of the facility, and the adequacy of SSCs intended to prevent accidents and mitigate the consequences of accidents. o 10 CFR 52.79(a)(29)(i) requires an application for a combined license to include plans for conducting normal operations, including maintenance, surveillance, and periodic testing of SSCs. Related Guidance • 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, “General Design Criteria [(GDCs)],” contains the GDCs that establish the minimum requirements for the principal design criteria for water-cooled nuclear power plants. Appendix A also indicates that the GDCs are generally applicable to other types of nuclear power units and are intended to provide guidance in determining the principal design criteria (PDC) for such other units. o 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, GDC 1, “Quality Standards and Records,” requires, in part, that SSCs important to safety be designed, fabricated, erected, and tested to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety function to be performed. Where generally recognized codes and standards are used, GDC 1 requires that they be identified and evaluated to determine their applicability, adequacy, and sufficiency and be supplemented or modified as necessary to assure a quality product in keeping with the required safety function. • 10 CFR