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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or vessel annealing, and provide an opportunity for the public to comment to the NRC on the thermal annealing. The licensee may restart its reactor after the meeting has been completed, unless the NRC orders otherwise. Within 45 days of the licensee's written confirmation that the thermal annealing was completed in accor dance with the Thermal Annealing Operating Plan and the Requalification Inspection and Test Program, the NRC staff will complete full documentation of the NRC's inspection of the licensee's annealing process and place the documentation in the NRC's Public Doc ument Room. If the thermal annealing was completed but not performed in accordance with the Thermal Annealing Operating Plan and the Requalification Inspection and Test Program, including the bounding conditions of the temperature and times, according to 10 CFR 50.66(c) (2) the licensee must submit a summary of the lack of compliance and a justification for subsequent operations. The licensee must also identify any changes to the facility that are attributable to the non compliances that constitute unreviewed safety ques tions and any changes to the technical specifications that are required for operation as a result of the non compliances. This identification does not relieve the licensee from complying with applicable requirements of the Commission's regulations and the operating li cense; and if these requirements cannot be met as a result of the annealing operation, the licensee must ob tain the appropriate exemption per 10 CFR 50.12. If unreviewed safety questions or changes to technical specifications are not identified as necessary for re sumed operation, the licensee may restart after the NRC staff places a summary of its inspection of the thermal annealing in the NRC Public Document Room and the NRC holds a public meeting on the thermal annealing. On the other hand, if unreviewed safety questions or changes to technical specifications are identified as necessary for resumed operation,