Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 74c49394-8dbf-46e7-b62a-b85de93b47d8
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Initial Test Programs for Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 11/2012 – DG-1259 , Proposed Revision 4 11/2006 – DG-1166 , Proposed Revision 3 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1229/ML12298A071.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.68
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r 14, “Initial Test Program,” of RG 1.70, “Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants, LWR [Light Water Reactor] Edition” (Ref. 3), and regulatory position C.I.14, “Verification Programs,” of RG 1.206, “Combined License Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition)” (Ref. 4), provide guidance on information related to the ITP to be included in the FSAR to enable the NRC staff to perform its safety evaluations for OL and COL applications. For DC and SD applicants, 10 CFR 52.47 and 10 CFR 52.137 do not require plans for an ITP. However, DC and SD applicants have previously submitted plans for an ITP in their applications to assist the COL applicant that references those SDs or DCs to meet the requirement in 10 CFR 52.79(a)(28) to include plans for an ITP in its application. For COL applicants referencing a DC or SD, 10 CFR 52.73, “Relationship to Other Subparts,” states, in part, that a COL applicant may reference a DC under Subpart B, “Standard Design Certifications” or an SD under Subpart E, “Standard Design Approval.” In accordance with 10 CFR 52.79(a)(28), the COL applicant is required to provide plans for preoperational testing and initial operations in the application. The requirements in 10 CFR 52.47(b)(1) and 52.80(a) also require, in part, that applications for a DC or COL include the inspections, tests, analyses and acceptance criteria (ITAAC) necessary and sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that the facility has been constructed and will be operated in conformity with the COL and NRC regulations. ITAAC often include testing requirements that are also considered preoperational tests and are completed as part of the ITP under 10 CFR 52.79(a)(28). For additional details on guidance for ITAAC, see RG 1.215, “Guidance for ITAAC Closure under 10 CFR Part 52," (Ref. 5). As part of the regulations in 10 CFR 50.34(b)(6)(iii) and 52.79(a)(28) for the ITP, the OL or COL applicant should