Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 3bd14847-40b5-4903-a0ae-9c2d5da42974
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Quality Assurance Requirements for the Installation, Inspection, and Testing of Instrumentation and Electric Equipment (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2322/ML23222A182.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-12
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Section ID: RG-1.30
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mended practice also emphasizes the importance of maintaining proper documentation throughout the installation, inspection, and testing process and provides guidance on the types of documentation that should be generated and maintained. This recommended practice does not apply to periodic surveillance testing. In addition, IEEE Std 336-2020 includes new guidance on the training and qualification requirements for personnel performing the verification of the recommended practices. DG 1419, Page 5 Consideration of International Standards The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) works with member states and other partners to promote the safe, secure, and peaceful use of nuclear technologies. The IAEA develops Safety Requirements and Safety Guides for protecting people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionizing radiation. This system of safety fundamentals, safety requirements, safety guides, and other relevant reports, reflects an international perspective on what constitutes a high level of safety. To inform its development of this RG, the NRC staff considered IAEA Safety Requirements and Safety Guides pursuant to the Commission’s International Policy Statement (Ref. 12) and Management Directive and Handbook 6.6, “Regulatory Guides” (Ref. 13). The NRC staff did not identify any IAEA Safety Requirements or Guides with information related to the topic of this RG. Documents Discussed in Staff Regulatory Guidance This RG endorses, in part, the use of one or more codes or standards developed by external organizations and other third-party guidance documents. These codes, standards and third-party guidance documents may contain references to other codes, standards, or third-party guidance documents (“secondary references”). If a secondary reference has itself been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations as a requirement, then licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the secondary reference