Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 08cebcdf-2e81-4e08-a508-9f6b4701c0a5
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Design, Fabrication, and Materials Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section III (Rev. 40)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2219/ML22195A282.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.84
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s of the reactor coolant pressure boundary must be designed, fabricated, erected, and tested in accordance with the requirements for the Class 1 components of ASME BPV Code, Section III, or equivalent quality standards. • 10 CFR 52.79(a)(11) (Ref. 3) requires the final safety analysis report to include “a description of the program(s), and their implementation, necessary to ensure that the systems and components meet the requirements of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and the ASME Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants in accordance with 50.55a of this chapter.” Related Guidance • RG 1.147, “Inservice Inspection Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section XI, Division 1” (Ref. 4), lists the ASME BPV Code, Section XI, “Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components,” Code Cases that the NRC has approved for use as voluntary alternatives to the mandatory ASME BPV Code provisions that are incorporated into 10 CFR 50.55a. • RG 1.192, “Operation and Maintenance Code Case Acceptability, ASME OM Code” (Ref. 5), lists the ASME Operation and Maintenance Code (OM Code) Code Cases that the NRC has approved for use as voluntary alternatives to the mandatory ASME OM Code provisions that are incorporated into 10 CFR 50.55a. • RG 1.193, “ASME Code Cases Not Approved for Use” (Ref. 6), lists the ASME BPV Code, Section III and Section XI, Code Cases and the ASME OM Code Cases that the NRC has not approved for generic use. • RG 1.136, “Design Limits, Loading Combinations, Materials, Construction, and Testing of Concrete Containments” (Ref. 7), endorses ASME BPV Code, Section III, Division 2, “Code for Concrete Containments” and addresses the acceptance of ASME BPV Code, Section III, Division 2 Code Cases. • RG 1.87, Revision 2, “Acceptability of ASME Code, Section III, Division 5 High Temperature Reactors” (Ref. 8), endorses ASME BPV Code, Section III, Division 5, “High Temperature Reactors” and