Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 21b88814-85a2-4153-982a-8f00240a5d45
Document Type: srp
Title: GENERIC GUIDELINES FOR EXTENDED POWER UPRATE TESTING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0300/ML030080406.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 14
Section ID: 14.2.1
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es of items such as beginning-of-life core reactivity coefficients, flow rates, pressures, temperatures, and response times of equipment and the actual status of the plant, and not the values or plant conditions used for conservative evaluations of postulated accidents. Contingency plans should be implemented if the predicted plant response is not obtained. The test program should be scheduled and sequenced to minimize the time untested functions important to safety are relied upon during operation above the original licensed full-power level. Safety-related functions relied upon during operation shall be verified to be operable in accordance with existing Technical Specification and Quality Assurance Program requirements. To assist this review, Attachments 1 and 2 to this SRP section provide a generic listing of full power steady-state and transient tests and related acceptance criteria that are potentially applicable to an EPU test program. If a power-ascension test is required to demonstrate that the plant can be op~erated safely at EPU conditions, the reviewer shall determine if a license condition should be imposed to ensure that this testing is performed in a timely and controlled manner. IV. EVALUATION FINDINGS When the review of the information in the EPU amendment application is complete and the reviewer has determined that it is satisfactory and in accordance with the acceptance criteria in Section il above, a statement similar to the following should be provided in the staffs Safety Evaluation Report (SER): "The staff has reviewed the EPU test program information provided in the license amendment request in accordance with SRP Section 14.2.1 and relevant guidance provided in the EPU Review Standard.'This review included an evaluation of (1) plans for the initial approach to the proposed maximum licensed thermal power level, including verification of adequate plant performance, (2) transient testing requirements necessary to demonstrate that the plant can