Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c195adf7-a2ca-46e1-9071-9f87fd3d00ce
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: 10/2013 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1321/ML13210A463.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.73
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ndard provides guidance for how to incorporate manufacturers’ recommended maintenance intervals into the qualification process. RG 1.73, Rev. 1, Page 4 Harmonization with International Standards The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has established a series of safety guides and standards constituting a high level of safety for protecting people and the environment. IAEA safety guides are international standards to help users striving to achieve high levels of safety. Pertinent to this RG, IAEA Safety Reports Series No. 3, “Equipment Qualification in Operational Nuclear Power Plants: Upgrading, Preserving, and Reviewing,” issued April 1998, (Ref. 13) addresses environmental qualification of equipment important to safety in nuclear power plants. This RG incorporates similar environmental qualification recommendations and is consistent with the basic safety principles provided in IAEA Safety Report Series No. 3. Documents Discussed in Staff Regulatory Guidance This RG endorses, in part, the use of one or more codes or standards developed by external organizations, and other third party guidance documents. These codes, standards, and third party guidance documents may contain references to other codes, standards or third party guidance documents (“secondary references”). If a secondary reference is incorporated by reference into NRC regulations as a requirement, then licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the secondary reference is endorsed in an RG as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement, then the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting that regulatory requirement as described in the specific RG. If the secondary reference has neither been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations nor endorsed in an RG, then the secondary reference is neither a legally-binding requirement nor a “generic” NRC approved acceptable approach for meeting an NRC