Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: ad61f8a3-1cce-4446-9542-dcdda55c1ec6
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Comprehensive Vibration Assessment Program for Reactor Internals During Preoperational and Initial Startup Testing + HISTORY - HISTORY 07/2015 – DG-1323 , Proposed Revision 4 03/2013 – Periodic Review of Revision 3 – No Issues Identified 11/2006 – DG-1163 , Proposed Revision 3 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1508/ML15083A390.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.20
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to be designed to accommodate the effects of, and to be compatible with, the environmental conditions associated with normal operations, maintenance and testing. • 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, “Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,” requires reactor internals to be designed and tested according to appropriate quality standards. • 10 CFR 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 licensed under Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 919), and Title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1233). Related Guidance • NUREG-0800, “Standard Review Plan” (SRP), Section 3.9.2, “Dynamic Testing and Analysis of Systems, Structures, and Components,” (Ref. 3) provides guidance to the NRC staff in reviewing dynamic testing and analysis of piping systems, mechanical equipment, reactor internals, and their supports under vibratory loadings. Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues regulatory guides to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and to provide guidance to applicants. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations and compliance with them is not required. Methods and solutions that differ from those set forth in regulatory guides will be deemed acceptable if they provide a basis for the findings required for the issuance or continuance of a permit or license by the Commission. Paperwork Reduction Act This regulatory guide contains information collection requirements covered by 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52 that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved under OMB control number 3150- 0011 and