Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 4625ce02-1344-45f7-86eb-10700f6610b2
Document Type: srp
Title: APPLICABLE CODE CASES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0700/ML070040004.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.2.1.2
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, and clarifications of existing Code requirements, or when urgently needed, provides rules for construction not covered by existing requirements. The staff endorses the application of Code Cases that provide adequate assurance that these SSCs will perform acceptably, commensurate with the importance of their safety function. 2. Section 50.55a of 10 CFR requires that SSCs be designed, fabricated, erected, constructed, tested, and inspected to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety functions to be performed and that suitable optional Code Cases may be applied to such SSCs. SRP Section 5.2.1.2 cites Regulatory Guides 1.84, 1.147, and 1.192 (also cited in 10 CFR 50.55a(b)) to provide a list of Code Cases for ASME Section III, Division 1, components and materials and Section XI, Division 1, tests and inspections and OM Code for operation and maintenance of nuclear plant components, that are acceptable to the staff. Code Cases for Section III, Division 2, and other Code Cases that may be proposed are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Under these Code Cases, components of the reactor coolant pressure boundary and other specified components must meet specific criteria that have been reviewed and accepted by the staff. The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee adopts Code Cases that provide additions, revisions, and clarifications of existing Code requirements, or when urgently needed, provides rules for construction not covered by existing requirements. The staff endorses the application of Code Cases that provide adequate assurance that these SSCs will perform acceptably, commensurate with the importance of their safety function. 5.2.1.2-5 Revision 3 - March 2007 III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select material from the procedures described below, as may be appropriate for a particular case. These review procedures are based on the identified SRP acceptance criteria. For deviations from these acceptance criteria, the staff should