Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 82021804-a487-471b-a76c-095315525b53
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidelines for Evaluating Electromagnetic and Radio-Frequency Interference in Safety-Related Instrumentation and Control Systems (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1628/ML16281A531.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.180
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“Design Control,” Criterion XI, “Test Control,” and Criterion XVII, “Quality Assurance Records,” of Appendix B, “Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants” to 10 CFR part 50 require design control measures to verify the adequacy of the design, a test program to assure that all testing required to demonstrate that structures, systems, and components will perform satisfactorily in service is performed in accordance with written procedures, and the maintenance of sufficient records as evidence of quality assurance activities. o 10 CFR 50.49 and 50.55(a) address validation measures such as testing that can be used to check the adequacy of design. Related requirements are contained in General Design Criteria 1, 2, 4, 13, 21, 22, and 23 of Appendix A, “General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants” to 10 CFR part 50 and Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion III. • 10 CFR Part 52, “Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants” governs the issuance of early site permits, standard design certifications, combined licenses, standard design approvals, and manufacturing licenses for nuclear power facilities. o Subpart B, “Standard Design Certifications,” of 10 CFR part 52 addresses verification requirements for advanced reactor designs. o 10 CFR 52.47(a) requires that an application for design certification must identify the tests, inspections, analyses, and acceptance criteria that are necessary and sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that a plant has been constructed and will operate in conformity with the design certification. Related Guidance • NUREG/CR-5941, “Technical Basis for Evaluating Electromagnetic and Radio- Frequency Interference in Safety-Related I&C Systems,” provides a technical basis for the control of upsets and malfunctions in safety-related I&C systems caused by EMI/RFI and power surges (Ref. 5). • NUREG/CR-6431, “Recommended Electromagnetic Operating