Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: cd7db90e-874e-4cd8-912f-de29cc3d6f79
Document Type: srp
Title: INITIAL PLANT TEST PROGRAM - FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350107.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 14
Section ID: 14.2
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est program. In addition to verifying the adequacy of plant operating and emergency procedures to the extent practicable during the startup program, the licensee shall also provide additional operator training during the performance of certain initial tests. This will include training for plant cooldown by means of natural circulation. An acceptable program will satisfy the requirements described in TMI Action Plan Item I.G.1 of NUREG-0660, NUREG-0694, and NUREG-0737. 6. Initial Fuel Loading and Initial Criticality The procedures that will guide initial fuel loading and initial criticality should include precautions, prerequisites, and measures consistent with the guidelines and regulatory positions contained in Regulatory Guide 1.68 or exceptions should be found to be acceptable by the reviewer. 7. Test Program Schedule and Sequence a. At least nine months should be allowed for conducting preoperational testing. b. At least three months should be allowed for conducting startup testing including fuel loading, low power tests, and power ascension tests. c. Overlapping test program schedules (for multi-unit sites) should not result in significant divisions of responsibilities or dilutions of the staff provided to implement the test program. l d. The sequential schedule for individual startup tests should establish, insofar as practicable, that test requirements will be completed prior to exceeding 25% power for all plant structures, systems, and components that are relied upon to prevent, to limit, or to mitigate the consequences of postulated accidents. The schedule should also establish that, insofar as practicable, testing will be accomplished as early in the test program as feasible and that the safety of the plant will not be totally dependent on the performance of untested systems, components, or features. 14.2-5 Rev. 2 - July 1981 e. Approved test procedures should be in a form suitable for review by regulatory inspectors at least 60 days prior to their