Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c6321e39-3d1b-40a6-ace3-8c6a0c54e2cd
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Developing Software Life Cycle Processes for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 08/2012 – DG-1210 , Proposed Revision 1 08/1996 – DG-1059 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1031/ML103120727.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.173
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cited GDC in Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 50 and the criteria for quality assurance programs in Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 as they apply to software development processes. The criteria of Appendices A and B apply to systems and related quality assurance processes, and the requirements also extend to the software elements if those systems include software. The NRC issues regulatory guides to describe methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and to provide guidance to applicants. However regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations and compliance with them is not required. The information provided by this regulatory guide is also in the Standard Review Plan, NUREG-0800, “Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition,” Chapter 7, “Instrumentation and Controls,” (Ref. 5). The NRC staff uses the NRC Standard Review Plan to review 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR Part 52, “Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,” (Ref. 6) license applications. This regulatory guide contains information collection requirements covered by 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR Part 73 that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved under OMB control numbers 3150-0011 and 3150-0002, respectively. The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection request or requirement unless the requesting document displays a currently valid OMB control number. This regulatory guide is a rule as designated in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, OMB has not found it to be a major rule as designated in the Congressional Review Act. B. DISCUSSION Background The use of industry consensus standards is part of an overall approach to meet the requirements in 10 CFR Part 50