Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 19023f05-18cc-4d01-bf98-d6ec2f98556a
Document Type: srp
Title: -9
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1233/ML12334A360.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.9.3
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provisions of the Code. SRP Section 3.9.3 provides guidance for the staff's review of loading conditions, stresses, and stress limits for the subject components and structures. Loading conditions and stress limits are described in Appendix A, of this SRP section and Subsection NF of the Code. Stresses, stress limits, and loading combinations are specified in these documents that are expected to approximate the conditions that can be expected during the life of the plant. SRP Section 3.9.3 also provides guidance for the staff's review of interfacing issues such as design specifications, mechanical properties, and testing, as appropriate. SRP Section 3.9.3 provides related guidance on component supports as well as the installation of pressure relief devices. The guidance cites the provisions of the Code. This guidance is designed to comply with 10 CFR 50.55a. Meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a provides reasonable assurance that components and structures important to safety are capable of performing their intended functions. 2. GDC 1 requires, in part, that components and structures important to safety be designed, fabricated, erected, and tested to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety functions to be performed.