Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 74c49394-8dbf-46e7-b62a-b85de93b47d8
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Initial Test Programs for Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 11/2012 – DG-1259 , Proposed Revision 4 11/2006 – DG-1166 , Proposed Revision 3 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1229/ML12298A071.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.68
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nce; record, evaluate, review, approve, and retain test data and results; and identify and correct deficiencies noted in systems and procedures. For the most part, this examination will be carried out before the start of the formal test program and is intended to determine whether the licensee has established a set of administrative procedures that will ensure that the programs are carried out in accordance with the methods described in the final safety analysis report. 2. Examine selected test procedures to ascertain whether the tests are designed to satisfy their objectives, whether test procedures contain appropriate acceptance criteria, and whether the procedures require documentation of sufficient information to permit adequate evaluation of the test results. This examination will also determine, on a selective basis, whether changes to approved test procedures have been reviewed and authorized. 3. Examine the fuel loading and startup procedures to ascertain whether prerequisites, prescribed operations, and limitations are appropriately included to control the operation, and whether the licensee has implemented administrative controls identified in Item (1) above. 4. Verify that the licensee has evaluated the test results and either concluded that those results are satisfactory and meet the acceptance criteria or initiated corrective action. 5. Verify that the licensee has reviewed the results of the fuel loading and initial operations. 6. Conduct an independent examination of the results of selected tests important to safety. This examination is primarily intended as an independent, selective audit to determine whether the licensee is appropriately documenting and evaluating information, and whether the resulting technical conclusions are valid. 7. Witness parts of preoperational, fuel loading, startup, low power, and power accession tests to determine whether they are being conducted in the manner described in the licensee’s administrative and test