Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: fbf00155-ed67-4c5f-bb08-246909eb564a
Document Type: srp
Title: REACTOR COOLANT PRESSURE BOUNDARY MATERIALS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340601.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.2.3
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ensees regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this SRP section. Except in those cases in which the applicant proposes an acceptable alter- native method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the method described herein will be used by the staff in its evaluation of conformance with Commission regulations. Implementation schedules for conformance to parts of the method discussed herein are contained in the referenced regulatory guides and NUREG. VI. REFERENCES 1. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, "General Design Criteria for Nuclear Plants." (Criterion 1, "Quality Standards and Records"; Criterion 4, "Environ- mental and Missile Design Bases"; Criterion 14, "Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary"; Criterion 30, "Quality of Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary"; and Criterion 31, "Fracture Prevention of Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary.") 2. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix G, "Fracture Toughness Requirements." 3. 10 CFR Part 50, Section 50.55a. 5.2.3-16 Rev. 2 - July 1981 4. ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section II, Parts A, B, and C, Section III, and Section IX, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 5. ASTM, A-262, Practice E, "Copper-Copper Sulfate-Sulfuric Acid Test for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Stainless Steels,' Annual Book of ASTM Standards, American Society for Testing and Materials. 6. ASTM E 23, "Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials," Annual Book of ASTM Standards, American Society for Testing and Materials. 7. ASTM E-208, "Standard Method for Conducting Dropweight Test to Determine Nil-Ductility Transition Temperature of Ferritic Steels," Annual Book of ASTM Standards, American Society for Testing and Materials. 8. Regulatory Guide 1.31, "Control of Ferrite Content in Stainless Steel Weld Metal." 9. Regulatory Guide 1.34, "Control of Electroslag Weld Properties." 10. Regulatory Guide 1.36, "Nonmetallic Thermal Insulation for Austenitic Stainless Steel." 10. Regulatory Guide 1.37, "Quality