Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 2f74adca-9d44-43cf-ba12-0bb95b927199
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Welder Qualification for Areas of Limited Accessibility + HISTORY - HISTORY 10/2016 – DG-1167 , Proposed Revision 1
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0628/ML062840416.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.71
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update Regulatory Guide 1.71 to be consistent with changes in the ASME Code, as they relate to paragraph designation formatting. This action would clarify the guidance and references to ASME Code for applicants building new nuclear power plants, as well as for licensees. The costs to the NRC would include the relatively small, one-time cost of issuing the revised regulatory guide. 3. Conclusion Based on this analysis, the staff recommends that the NRC revise Regulatory Guide 1.71. The staff concludes that the proposed action will reduce any unnecessary confusion when referencing the ASME Code. DG-1167, Page 6 BACKFIT ANALYSIS This proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.71 provides licensees and applicants with revised guidance that the NRC staff considers acceptable for welder qualification for areas of limited accessibility. The application of this guide is entirely voluntary. Licensees may continue to use the original version of this regulatory guide if they so choose. Consequently, no backfit, as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, “Backfitting,” is either intended or implied.