Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 40fd3df4-ccf2-4533-a724-bcd94c5aec2b
Document Type: srp
Title: of the SAR.
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550076.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 7
Section ID: 7.3
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been constructed and will operate in conformity with the combined license, the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, and the NRC's regulations. SRP Acceptance Criteria Specific SRP acceptance criteria acceptable to meet the relevant requirements of the NRC’s regulations identified above are as follows for the review described in this SRP section. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC’s regulations, and compliance with it is not required. However, an applicant is required to identify differences between the design features, analytical techniques, and procedural measures proposed for its facility and the SRP acceptance criteria and evaluate how the proposed alternatives to the SRP acceptance criteria provide acceptable methods of compliance with the NRC regulations. 1. SRP Table 7-1, Section 3 (Staff Requirements Memoranda), Section 4 (Regulatory Guides), and Section 5 (Branch Technical Positions), list the SRP acceptance criteria applicable to I&C systems important to safety. Sources of the acceptance criteria are as follows: 7.1-6 Revision 5 - March 2007 • Commission Papers (SECY) are issue papers submitted by the staff to the NRC commissioners to inform them about policy matters. Staff Requirements Memoranda (SRM) provide the NRC's decisions and directions on the issues discussed in the SECY. • Regulatory guides describe acceptable methods for meeting regulatory requirements and provide guidance to applicant/licensees. Industry codes and standards set forth industry consensus requirements and recommended practices applicable to I&C systems for nuclear power plants. These standards are endorsed by regulatory guides, with or without modification, and provide acceptable methods for meeting the requirements of the NRC's regulations. • Branch technical positions (BTP) document the resolution of significant technical issues or questions of interpretation that have arisen in past reviews. BTPs outline acceptable approaches to a particular issue. The approaches