Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: e996086d-d968-4061-b359-eaf84aac1363
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Quality Assurance Requirements for Installation, Inspection, and Testing of Mechanical Equipment and Systems
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003739465.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.116
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3. Section 5 of N45.2.8-1975 includes requirements for install •- system inspections and tests. Individual subsections address preoperational tests, cold functional tests, and hot functional tests. Regulatory Guide 1.68, "Preoperational and Initial Startup Test Programs .L.r- Water-Cooled Power Reactors," describes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the Commission's regulations with regard to preoperational and initial startup testing programs for water-cooled nuclear power plants 2 In this regard, the requirements of Section 5 of N45.2.8-1975 pertaining to preopera tional tests, cold functional tests, and hot functional tests should be used in conjunction with Regulatory Guide 1.68. D. IMPLEMENTATION The purpose of this section is to provide information to applicants regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this regulatory guide. This guide reflects current NRC staff practice. There fore, except in those cases in which the applicant proposes an acceptable alternative method for com plying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the method described herein is being and will continue to be used in the evaluation of submittals for operating license or construction permit applications until this guide is revised as a result of suggestions from the public or additional staff review. Although Regulatory Guide 1.68 pertains to preoperational and initial startup test programs for water-cooled nuclear power plants, it should be used as guidance in preparing preopera tional and initial startup test propams for high-temperature pa-cooled nuclear power plants. -. 000 ill (1 0. L 46 6l* Z 0 > o~ 04 0 oof *" z U - . -(z