Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a2b67b51-f5fe-4c86-a879-f0e439601f7f
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Format and Content of Report for Thermal Annealing of Reactor Pressure Vessels
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003740052.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.162
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red. Methods and solutions different from those set out In the guides will be acceptable If they provide a basis for the findings requisite to the Issuance or continuance of a permit or license by the Commission. This guide was Issued after consideration of comments received from the public. Comments and suggestions for Improvements In these guides are encouraged at all times, and guides will be revised, as appropriate, to acconmmodate comments and to reflect new Information or experience. pleteness of the information provided, would assist the NRC staff in locating specific information, and would aid in shortening the time needed for the review process. This regulatory guide also describes alternative methods that are acceptable to the NRC for determin ing the recovery of fracture toughness after the thermal annealing and for estimating the degree of post annealing reembrittlement expected during subse quent plant operations; 10 CFR 50.66 requires these to be reported. This regulatory guide contains guidance on man datory information collections that are contained as re quirements in 10 CFR Part 50 and that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval num ber 3150-0011. The public reporting burden for this collection of information Is estimated to be an average of 6000 hours per respondent, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send com ments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including sug gestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F 33), U.S. Written comments may be submitted to the Rules Review and Directives Branch, DFIPS, ADM, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washing ton, DC 20658-0001. The guides are issued