Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c5aaad57-c87f-47de-827e-b6909bc7e3b5
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Licensee Actions to Address Nonconservative Technical Specifications + HISTORY - HISTORY 08/2020 – DG-1351 Revision 1 , Proposed Revision 0 06/2018 – DG-1351 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2014/ML20142A489.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.239
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he issuance of AL 98-10, both the NRC and nuclear power reactor licensees have identified the need for additional guidance. Based on a suggestion at the 2014 NRC Regulatory Information Conference, NEI developed NEI 15-03 to provide guidance on dispositioning nonconservative TS. 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 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 considered IAEA Safety Requirements and Safety Guides pursuant DG-1351, Page 5 to the Commission’s International Policy Statement and Management Directive and Handbook 6.6.1 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 the use of a third-party guidance document, NEI 15-03, Revision 3. This third-party guidance document 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 has been endorsed in an RG as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement, then the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting that regulatory requirement as described in the specific RG. If the secondary reference has neither been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations nor endorsed in an RG, then