Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a4944d20-ef6e-480b-a45d-14425bedd2e5
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: ASME Code Cases Not Approved for Use (Rev. 8)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2219/ML22196A065.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.193
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audit interval extension greater than one month is used, the next audit for that particular audit area will be scheduled from the original anniversary month rather than from the month of the extended audit.” As currently written, the code case would allow for using the date the audit is performed at the end of the extension as the start date for the next audit cycle. The NRC staff determined that this section of the code case is not 1/21E DG-1408, Page 14 CODE CASE NUMBER TABLE 1 UNACCEPTABLE SECTION III CODE CASES SUMMARY DATE OR SUPPLEMENT/ EDITION consistent with the requirements of Appendix B or an NRC approved alternative. b. For external audits, the 9-month extension described in the code case is consistent with the NRC’s approved alternative. In addition, using the date the audit is performed at the end of the extension as the start date for the next audit cycle is consistent with the NRC’s approved alternative. The NRC staff determined that this section of the code case is acceptable, however, the rest of the code case is not as stated in 1.a, 2, and 3. 2. The code case includes language that it can be implemented during a “local emergency, and when audits cannot be safely conducted at the location audited.” There is no guidance for what is considered to be a “local emergency,” or “safely conducted’. 3. Considering this code case is for a public health emergency, there needs to be an end date for the code case consistent with other code cases written in QAI addressing this situation. N-916 Remote Verification and Witness of Activities Section III, Division 1; Section III, Division 2; Section III, Division 3; Section III, Division 5 NRC disapproves this code case based on the following: 1. The NRC’s approved alternative that is being used as a model for this code case is very specific to source verifications and is documented in Columbia Generating Station’s Safety Evaluation (SE) dated July 22, 2020. As currently written, the