Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: b9509354-65a7-4aa2-844c-a948a4bd1020
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Qualification of Quality Assurance Program Audit Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1303/ML13038A429.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.146
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nce Program Audit Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants," may be obtained from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017. with the pertinent quality assurance requirements of Appen- dix B to 10 CFR Part 50, subject to the following: 1. Section 1.5 of ANSI/ASME N45.2.23-1978 states that documents that are referenced in this standard are identified at the point of reference and described in Section 6 of the standard. The specific applicability of these listed documents has been addressed in the latest revision of the following regulatory guides: ANSI Standard N45.2 N45.2.9 N45.2.10 Regulatory Guide 1.28 1.88 1.74 2. ANSI/ASME N45.2.23-1978 does not include the state- ment that is found in other N45.2 series standards excluding activities covered by ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III, Divisions 1 and 2, and Section XI from the requirements of the standard. The, NRC staff considers that ANSI/ASME N45.2.23-1978 applies to these Code-covered activities where the ASME Code does not address the require- ments covered by ANSI/ASME N45.2.23-1978. D. IMPLEMENTATION The purpose of this section is to provide information to applicants and licensees regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this regulatory guide. This regulatory guide will be used, in the evaluation of applications for construction permits and operating licenses docketed after August 29, 1980. In addition, the NRC intends to apply this regulatory guide to operating plants and plants under construction. Implementation schedules will be determined on a case-by-case basis for these facilities by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. It is expected that this regulatory guide will be required to be implemented by these facilities by February 2, 1981. USNRC REGULATORY GUIDES Regulatory Guides are Issued to describe and make available to the 'jblic methods acceptable to the NRC staff of implementing scific parts of the Commission's regulations, to delineate