Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f5ae448a-20e3-4127-90a9-888a9b291921
Document Type: srp
Title: REACTOR VESSEL INTEGRITY
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340640.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.3.3
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nsibility for SRP Sections 5.2.1.1 and 5.2.1.2. The review for Quality Assurance is coordinated and performed by the Quality Assurance Branch (QAB) as part of its primary review responsibility for SRP Sections 17.1 and 17.2. For those areas of review identified above as part of the primary review responsibility of other branches, the acceptance criteria necessary for the review and their method of application are contained in the referenced SRP section of the corresponding primary branch. II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA The basic acceptance criteria for each review area are covered by other standard review plan sections, so they will be discussed here only in general terms. References are made to the SRP sections that include detailed criteria. The acceptance criteria in these SRP sections describe methods to meet the requirements of the following Commission regulations in 10 CFR Part 50: General Design Criteria 1, 4, 14, 30, 31, and 32 of Appendix A; Appendices B, G, and H; and §50.55a. Interrelationships among review areas, and criteria for consistency, compatability, and technical coherence among review areas, are emphasized in the following discussion: 1. Design The quality standards requirements of GOC 1, GDC 30, and §50.55a are met, regarding compatibility of design with material properties and fabrication 5.3.3-2- Rev. 1 - July 1981 methods, by compliance with the provisions of the ASME Code. The basic acceptance criteria for the design of the vessel are the requirements of Section III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (hereafter "the Code"). The design of the reactor vessel must be compatible with the properties of the materials used, and must permit construction by the use of standard and well proven fabrication methods. The design details should not include new or novel concepts unless they are substantiated by a com- prehensive justification showing that no aspects of the design will compro- mise the overall integrity of the vessel in any manner. The