Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: e37070d1-2142-4426-b8e0-9840e8645ace
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Quality Assurance Requirements for Packaging, Shipping, Receiving, Storage, and Handling of Items for Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003740057.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.38
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Revision 2 May 1977 VI.iREGULATORY GUIDE OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY GUIDE 1.38 QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PACKAGING, SHIPPING, RECEIVING, STORAGE, AND HANDLING OF ITEMS FOR WATER-COOLED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS A. INTRODUCTION Appendix B, "Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants," to 10 CFR Part 50, "Licensing of Produc tion and Utilization Facilities," establishes overall quality assurance requirements for the design, con struction, and operation of safety-related structures, systems, and components of nuclear power plants. This guide describes a method acceptable to the NRC staff of complying with the Commission's regulations with regard to the quality assurance requirements for the packaging, shipping, receiving, storage, and handling of items' for water-cooled nuclear power plants. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards has been consulted concerning this guide and has concurred in the regulatory position. B. DISCUSSION Working Group N45-2.2 (tormerly ad hoc commit tee N45-3.2) of the American National Standards In stitute (ANSI) Standards Committee N45, Reactor Plants and Their Maintenance, has prepared a stan dard that includes quality assurance requirements for the packaging, shipping, receiving, storage, and handling of items for nuclear power plants. This stan dard was approved by subcommittee N45-2, Nuclear Quality Assurance Standards, of the ANSI Standards Committee N45 and by the full committee and its Secretariat. It was subsequently approved and designated N45.2.2-1972 by the American National Standards Institute on December 20, 1972. * Lines indicate substantive changes from previous issue. As used in this guide, an "item" is defined as any level of unit assembly, including system, subsystem, component, part, or material. The original issuance of this regulatory guide en dorsed as acceptable the guidelines (indicated by the verb "should") as well as